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DISD Teacher of The Year Winner To Be Named Tuesday, Sept. 17

12 Sep 2002

Winner Will Receive $5,000 Award

DALLAS—General Superintendent Mike Moses will announce the 2002-2003 Dallas Independent School District Teacher of the Year Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the district's annual teacher of the year awards banquet.

Sponsored by H-E-B Central Market, the event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The banquet will be held on the 42nd floor of CityPlace Conference Center, 2711 North Haskell Avenue.

The winner will receive a $5,000 cash award and will represent the district in the next level of competition sponsored by the Region 10 Education Service Center.

DISD Teacher of the Year finalists are:

Tom Cox, an architecture teacher at Skyline Career Development Center. He has 22 years of teaching experience.

Verbeana Hatton, a science teacher at Fred Florence Middle School. She has seven years of teaching experience.

Lisa Teague, a special education teacher at Ronald McNair Elementary School. She has 20 years of teaching experience.