Shawnee Board Honors Swim Team, Teachers Of The Year

The 2021-2022 Shawnee Building Teachers of the Year were recognized at the March 7 Board of Education meeting. They are, front row from left, Brandy Swinford, Shawnee Early Childhood Center; Thresa Swadley, Jefferson Elementary; Trina Waller, Sequoyah Elementary; Chandra Swisher, Will Rogers Elementary; Kayla Hutcheson, Shawnee Middle School; Dacia Jordan, Shawnee High School; and, Sara Branson, Jim Thorpe Academy. Kacie Hair, of Horace Mann Elementary, was not present. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
The 2021-2022 Shawnee Building Teachers of the Year were recognized at the March 7 Board of Education meeting. They are, front row from left, Brandy Swinford, Shawnee Early Childhood Center; Thresa Swadley, Jefferson Elementary; Trina Waller, Sequoyah Elementary; Chandra Swisher, Will Rogers Elementary; Kayla Hutcheson, Shawnee Middle School; Dacia Jordan, Shawnee High School; and, Sara Branson, Jim Thorpe Academy. Kacie Hair, of Horace Mann Elementary, was not present. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

The Shawnee Board of Education meeting on March 7 featured two groups of special guests.

First, the Shawnee High School Swim Team was honored, and two swimmers led the invocation and the pledge. Sophomore Clara Timmons gave the invocation, and junior Ethan Oller led the flag salute.

Before Athletic Director Todd Boyer spoke, Superintendent Dr. April Grace told about junior Piper McNeil’s accomplishm…