He didn’t present the award, but President Trump met Monday with the 2019 Teachers of the Year including the national winner, Rodney Robinson of Richmond,Virginia.
Connecticut Teacher of the Year Sheena Graham, a music teacher at Harding High School in Bridgeport said she was so happy the teachers were granted to meet the president, which is a tradition.
“There are no words to describe the emotions that flowed through the room,” said Graham. “It was truly an inspirational moment.
On Friday, Nancy Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for the Council of Chief State School Officers which administers the program, announced that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos would be presenting the award and that the president would not be in attendance.
The ceremony took place in the Eisenhower Building at 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Afterwards, Graham said the contingent of 57 teachers were surprised to be led to the West Wing of the White House where they met with Vice President Pence, and then the president in the Oval Office.
Graham said some teachers had tears in their eyes.
“He sat at his desk for the group pictures then shook each of our hands, had us say our name and where we were from,” Graham said.
Graham said Robinson, who teaches social studies inside the Richmond, Va., Juvenile Justice Center, got to tell Trump about his platform and his students.
Afterwards, Graham said Robinson called the encounter professional.
“I felt honored,” Graham quoted Robinson as saying.
She called the meeting great.
It has often — but not always — been a tradition that the president hand out the award after it was developed in 1952. Trump...
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