Monmouth County's Teacher of the Year Is ...

Hazlet, NJ - The best teacher in Monmouth County, as determined by the powerful state teachers' union, the New Jersey Education Association, is Sondra Lougee, who teaches in the Hazlet Township School District.

Lougee is a special education teacher at Raritan Valley School, pictured above.

The top teacher in every New Jersey county was selected by panels of administrators, teachers and parents.

“NJEA is proud to join with students, school employees, parents, and others in congratulating the 2016-17 New Jersey County Teachers of the Year,” the NJEA said in a statement. “They are an impressive group of educators; we applaud their achievements inside and outside the classroom and we thank them for making their careers in public education.”