Vacaville teacher, Benicia skills trades technician take home SCOE awards
Laura Roberts
Laura Roberts, who served time in the military prior to teaching, took home the top educator award.
She grew up in Vacaville, graduating from Will C. Wood High School. Roberts referred to herself as one of the students who fell through the cracks.
After her military service, she discovered a passion for her history and decided her career should be teaching the topic.
Roberts, in the virtual presentation, said she thinks history is more than just memorizing dates.
Bringing in under-represented voices was key, she said.
Roberts fought for ethnic studies classes, saying they are the counter-narrative to traditional history.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
This image shows this year s teachers of the year for the various school districts in Solano County. (Courtesy photo)
SCOE to honor top 2021-22 educators, school staff
The certificated educators nominated are:
Kelly Hughes, a fifth-grade teacher in the Benicia School District; Jenny Campbell, a response to intervention and English language development K-3 teacher at Dixon School District; Joseph Arbizu, a math, Algebra II, integrated math and geometry high school teacher in the Fairfield-Suisun School District; Ronald Major, a multiple-subjects (8-12), teacher for the Solano County Office of Education; Kylie Negin, an English and journalism high school teacher in the Travis School District; Laura Roberts, a U.S. history and ethnic studies (11-12) teacher at Vacaville School District; and Vivet Beckford-Nelson, a biology and engineering design and development high school teacher in the Vallejo City School District.
Good News: Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Announces Classified Employee of the Year
The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District (FSUSD) honored Betty Weihe as the Classified Employee of the Year for the 2020-2021 school year at Thursday’s Governing Board meeting. As the Classified Employee of the Year, Ms. Weihe will represent FSUSD at the Solano County Educator of the Year event in April 2021. The Governing Board officially announced Ms. Weihe s achievement and recognized sixteen additional classified employees during the February 11, 2021 meeting.
Ms. Weihe has served FSUSD as a Staff Accountant in the Business office for over twenty years. Her supervisor and peers appreciate her institutional knowledge and dedication to the staff, students, and parents. Michelle Henson, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services stated, Betty is my go-to person when strengthening the District s practices and board policies with asset monitoring, Associated Student Body (ASB) man