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3 Fridley-area Teachers Nominated for Teacher of Year

List includes Callie Bush from Fridley High and two from Spring Lake Park schools.

Three teachers in Fridley-area schools are candidates for the Teacher of the Year award sponsored by the Education Minnesota teachers union.

One is , a science teacher at .

Two teachers from the Spring Lake Park School District are in the running: Cheryl Gustafson from Learning Alternatives Community School; and Barb Saunders, who the district honored last year for her work at the early childhood level. 

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The deadline for Spring Lake Park's Teacher of the Year awards is Friday.

Three candidates are from the Anoka-Hennepin district, which includes a small part of northwest Fridley: Neil Eerdmans, Dana Coleman, Carrie Genser and Lisa Torbenson.

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