VA SJR222

Commends Marceline Catlett, Ed.D., superintendent of Fredericksburg City Public Schools, for being named 2026 Region III Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents

Recognizes her 45-year career with FCPS, beginning as a sixth grade teacher in 1981 and advancing through assistant principal, director of curriculum, assistant superintendent, and deputy superintendent before becoming superintendent in 2019

Highlights her educational credentials including degrees from Virginia State University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech, plus certificates from Oxford, Harvard, VCU, and Howard University

Notes her initiatives as superintendent to close achievement gaps, expand career and technical education, strengthen school safety, and enhance family engagement

Acknowledges additional honors including the 2023 Prince B. Woodard Leadership Award and the Martin Luther King Drum Major for Justice Award