More than a label: How Pinebrook Elementary redefined literacy and math growth

More than a label: How Pinebrook Elementary redefined literacy and math growth

For the past two years, Pinebrook Elementary School carried labels no school wants: “D” and “low performing.” Inside the building, though, the story was more complicated. Teachers were working hard. Students were growing. But something wasn’t adding up. According to Principal Elisabeth Bolick-Spillman, also the 2025-26 Davie County School District Principal of the Year, “It wasn’t due to a lack of effort, rather an unintentional lack of focus.” …