LaTresha Wilson, principal of Tuckaseegee Elementary School in west Charlotte, has been named a finalist for the 2026 North Carolina Principal of the Year.
Students, district leaders and the 2025 winner, Jason Johnson, surprised Wilson with the honor Tuesday morning, the second such surprise she’s received in three months. Wilson was previously named Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Principal of the Year on Oct. 3.
“I know that I live and I breathe being a principal and pouring into these kids every day, so it means so much to me,” Wilson told The Charlotte Observer after she was named the CMS principal of the year. “The heart and the dedication that I put into it, I know that it’s unmatched.”
She is now one of nine principals, out of the state’s more than 2,500, in the running for The Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year award to be announced in May. The award was introduced in 1984…