BISMARCK – Frannie Tunseth is North Dakota's 2026 Teacher of the Year, an honor announced Friday in Bismarck by Gov. Kelly Armstrong and state K-12 Superintendent Kirsten Baesler.

It's a deserved honor, according to the superintendent of the

Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg Public School District, where Tunseth teaches.

“We're very proud of her, and just excited to have a representative of May-Port CG. The fact that she's representing the amazing work that all of our teachers do every day here at May-Port CG, it's just quite an honor,” said Michael Bradner. “... She's very personable and the relationships that she focuses on and builds with students, I think, is one of the things that probably stands out.”

Tunseth is a reading and mathematics interventionist for fourth- through eig

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