A pair of teachers in Gwinnett County Public Schools are in the running for a Teacher of the Year title in their respective fields.
Max Chavez of Maxwell High and Andrea Barrett of Mountain View High have been nominated for the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year title, and will find out in July if they won.
Chavez was nominated after he was named 2017 Teacher of the Year by the Trade and Industrial Educators of Georgia. Barrett was selected to compete for the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year title after she was named 2017 Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Marketing Education Association.