Four Duval County Public Schools' teachers have been selected for the 2008 Gladys Prior Awards for Teaching Excellence, administered by the University of North Florida's College of Education and Human Services. The teachers each received $15,000.
Cleo Jones, a 40-year veteran at Rufus E. Payne Elementary School, where she teaches kindergarten, was the first elementary teacher from an inner-city public school to be a recipient of the award in the history of the Gladys Prior Awards.
In addition to Jones, awards went to Susan Bell, a physical education teacher at Woodland Acres Elementary School; Jeffrey Clayton, choral music teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts; and Laurie Stucki, a fourth-grade teacher at Atlantic Beach Elementary School.
The Gladys Prior Awards for Teaching Excellence - one of the largest teacher awards in the nation - were established in 1998 by Gilchrist Berg, founder and president of Water Street Capital, a Jacksonville investment firm. He has given 44 teachers a total of $500,000.
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