SPARTA, Mich. — Now in his 26th year of teaching, our newest Teacher of the Week wears a lot of hats for Ridgeview Elementary School in Sparta. Those hats are just part of the reason he’s leaving a lasting impression.

The hallway was packed with kids not so patiently waiting to surprise the man they all have as a teacher.

His name is Andy Wagner and after the surprise he told 13 ON YOUR SIDE it was a “total surprise. I was in the office talking to my principal and when I came out everybody – the whole school was sitting in the middle of the hallway. I thought ‘uh oh, what’s going on, what’d I miss?’”

Kelley VanVliet is the Ridgeview Elementary School principal. She said, “Andy is so deserving of this honor. We’ve never had a teacher be selected for Teacher of the Week, and so, we w

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