Marci Beth Vining was named Lamar County’s 2012 Teacher of the Year at the Dec. 14 Lamar County board of education meeting. The daughter of school board member Ron Smith and paraprofessional Betty Smith, it was Vining’s first time being named system TOTY. She had earned the school level honor before. Vining, who lives near Milner, decided to become a teacher in second grade and has been one 10 years. She teaches fourth grade reading and language arts at the elementary school where she has been since July 2009.
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