{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/vermont/u-32s-mccann-is-vt-teacher-of-the-year", "U-32s McCann is Vt. Teacher of the Year", "2016-12-21", "2016", "2016-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U-32\u2019s McCann is Vt. Teacher of the Year\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By:\u00a0 Eric Blaisdell \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTimes Argus\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tWednesday, December 21, 2016\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEAST MONTPELIER \u2014 A mathematics teacher at U-32 Middle & High School has been named Vermont\u2019s Teacher of the Year for 2017.\r\nKatherine McCann, who is in the middle of her 11th year at the school, was chosen for the honor by the Agency of Education. The alternate Teacher of the Year is Rachael Potts, a special education and transition specialist at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, and a finalist was Corey Smith, a fourth-grade teacher at Proctor Elementary School.\r\nMcCann is now Vermont\u2019s candidate for the National Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers. She will travel this spring to the White House in Washington for a reception where she will meet President Donald Trump.\u00a0\r\nMcCann was told the news at a surprise assembly at the East Montpelier school Tuesday.\r\nShe said in an interview that it was \u201cvery overwhelming\u201d to be picked and she wasn\u2019t sure what it entailed.\r\n\u201cI hope that I can do a good job speaking for teachers throughout the state,\u201d McCann said.\r\nContinue reading here", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/vermont/u-32s-mccann-is-vt-teacher-of-the-year"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5719779767096043, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}