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Bob Bell & 2022 Putnam County Teachers of the Year

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Bob Bell sits down with the 2022 Putnam County Teachers Of The Year - Sycamore Elementary School's Jennifer Peek, Upperman Middle School's Charity Bowie, and Upperman High School's Taylor Key. They discuss their respective backgrounds, education, and the subjects that they teach, the challenges of shifting to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as what led each of them to going into education and becoming teachers.

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