Brandon Boylan, Mule Time Media Teacher at the Junior School, is the 2026 Alamo Heights ISD Teacher of the Year.

Boylan joined Alamo Heights ISD in 2024. He began his teaching career in 2014 and has also served as an elementary and middle school English Language Arts teacher.

His classroom is a fully-functioning newsroom led by seventh and eighth graders who cover timely, newsworthy topics around their campus and the district, with the assistance of Boylan's service dog Buzz who brings smiles to the student journalists' faces daily.

Boylan will represent AHISD as the district's nominee for the Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Region 20 Teacher of the Year.

In November, each campus hosted a Teacher of the Year nomination process and selected one teacher who exemplifies the Profile of a Learner to represent their campus this year. A Selection Committee of AHISD teachers and staff met in February to select the District Teacher of the Year.

All five campuses Teachers of the Year were recognized at the February Board Meeting, where the District Teacher of the Year was announced.

The 2026 Campus Teachers of the Year are:

Alamo Heights HS- Emily Rangel, Culinary Arts teacher

Alamo Heights Junior School- Brandon Boylan, Mule Time Media teacher

Cambridge Elementary - Debbie Mainz, 3rd grade teacher

Woodridge Elementary- Erica Kovach, Special Education teacher

Howard- Libby Perez, Kindergarten teacher