COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) - The Ohio Board of Education has announced that Christopher Monsour, a high school science teacher at Columbian High School in the Tiffin City School District and a Brookfield High School alumnus, has been named the 2026 Ohio Teacher of the Year.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paul Craft made the surprise public announcement Thursday during a schoolwide assembly at Columbian High School.

“Ohio’s students interact every day with amazing teachers, so the challenge of selecting just one educator to represent those tens of thousands of wonderful educators around our state is daunting,” Craft said. “Each year, the selection committees at the regional and state levels do an amazing job of finding a candidate who reflects the excellence of the profession and t

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