(ICOE announces their nominee)…It is for the California Teacher of the Year Program.

It is a California Department of Education program. The Imperial County Office of Education nominee is Leah Buchanan, a third grade teacher in the San Pasqual Valley Unified School District. Buchanan has taught for a total of 12 years, with the last six in the San Pasqual district. The District is on the Quechan Tribe Reservation in Winterhaven. She was also recognized as the teacher of the year by the SPVUSD for the annual Association of California School Administrators dinner this past May. If chosen as one of California’s Teachers of the Year, Ms. Buchanan would be showcased as a shining example of the over 300,000 teachers in the state.