FRANKFORT, Ky. — An educator at a Lexington elementary school has been named the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. The Kentucky Department of Education announced Thursday that Donnie Piercey won the award. Piercey is a fifth-grade teacher at Stonewall Elementary.
He also was named Kentucky’s elementary school teacher of the year and will receive $10,000. Piercey was among nine educators named earlier this year as semifinalists for the award. He was chosen following an interview and a review of a classroom lesson.
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