It was Brooke Loyed’s first public speaking engagement since being named last month as Florida’s 2025-26 Principal of the Year, and the effect on the Franklin County Education Banquet was riveting. Before a large banquet gathering May 14 in the Franklin County High School cafetorium, part of a steady growth of the event under its sponsorship by the Franklin Education Foundation, Inc., Loyed, a Florida State University grad who during a 31-year c…