BHS math teacher, BMS campus supervisor in running

The Solano County Office of Education (SCOE) announced its nominees for the county’s Educators of the Year Award. Two Benicia Unified School District employees are in the running.

This year, 13 employees from each of the county’s school district are eligible, including teachers and support staff. Representing BUSD are Lee Anne Aidt, a math teacher at Benicia High School; and Angela Porter, a campus supervisor at Benicia Middle School.

Also nominated are:

*Martha Salazar, a reading and English Language Development teacher at Anderson Elementary School in Dixon.

*Debbie Thiessen, the food service coordinator at Dixon High School.

*Cindy Lederer, a physical education teacher at multiple sites in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.

*Jepssy Freire, a bilingual paraprofessional educator and community outreach liaison at Cleo Gordon Elementary School in Fairfield.

*Judith Waelbrock, M.A., an adult transition teacher at SCOE’s Golden Hills Education Center.

*Mary Whitworth Baichtal, a second-grade teacher at Cambridge Elementary School in Vacaville.

*Tracy Ruiz, an English teacher at Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville.

*Alicia Topete, a paraprofessional at Alamo Elementary School in Vacaville.

*Joan Samon, a kindergarten teacher at Glen Cove Elementary School in Vallejo.

*Cristina Gutierrez, a bilingual tutor and instructional assistant at Franklin Middle School in Vallejo.

The celebration will be held from 5:15 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 2 at the Joseph A. Nelson Community Center, located at 611 Village Drive in Suisun City. One teacher and one classified employee will be awarded, and their names will be forwarded to the California Department of Education as representatives of Solano County in the statewide Educators of the Year competition. To RSVP, fill out a form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvmH5kT2YX3wYDkB_pf2OxPr4RBLvPqrHE_ZRh-OtbFFR3AQ/viewform?c=0&w=1. For additional information, contact Rebecca Floyd at 646-7602 or email her at rfloyd@solanocoe.net.

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