R.D. Head Elementary School math and science teacher Dr. Doug Doblar’s students should be happy campers after Thursday night’s Gwinnett County Public Schools Teacher of the Year banquet at the Infinite Energy Center.

When district staff showed up in his classroom a few weeks ago to announce Doblar was one of the six finalists for the overall Teacher of the Year Award, his students immediately began campaigning for him. They made signs and tried to make the case for the teacher before the county staff left the classroom that day.