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Apple Valley-Rosemount Area Educator Nominated For Teacher Of The Year

This Apple Valley-Rosemount educator has been named a candidate for the 2017 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

This educators may deserve more than the run-of-the-mil apple from their students. Brian Fendrich, a teacher from the Rosemount-Apple Valley area, has been named a candidate for the 2017 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

Over the coming weeks, a panel of 25 community leaders will narrow down the current field of 132 candidates to a select group of semifinalists and finalists.

The 2017 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 7, at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington.

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Education Minnesota, the 70,000-member statewide educators union, organizes and underwrites the Teacher of the Year program with support from several other organizations and businesses.

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