Boise teacher Amanda Holland received the 2027 CapEd Credit Union Idaho Teacher of the Year award during a surprise ceremony Wednesday.
State superintendent Debbie Critchfield presented the award — the highest honor for Idaho teachers — at the Boise district’s Washington Elementary in front of the second-grade teacher’s peers, family and students.
“It validates everything that I’ve worked toward to create an engaging classroom that is a community built of empathetic, kind and thinking students,” Holland said, thanking colleagues and family who have helped her over the years.
Critchfield surprised Holland with the award, which included a glass plaque and a $10,000 check from CapEd Credit Union. Holland was selected from 182 nominees…