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Local Teachers Compete for State Award
ST. PAUL -- Four Central Minnesota teachers are in the running for the state's Teacher Of The Year honor.
Joyce Baumann and Sue Jenkins of Rocori, Mary Levinski of Sauk Rapids-Rice, and Jill Adelman-Weis of St. Cloud are among the 108 candidates that have accepted their nominations.
Over the coming weeks a panel will narrow the field down to the semi-finalists and then the finalists. The 2011 Minnesota Teacher Of The Year will be announced on May 1st.
They will be the 47th Minnesota Teacher Of The Year.
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