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A robust work culture is more than just a set of values plastered on the walls.

To a chorus of "Bir-bal! Bir-bal! Bir-bal!" R.J. Murray Middle School sixth-grade science teacher Allison Birbal walked out into the schools courtyard Tuesday to learn — with dozens of students, fellow teachers and administrators cheering her on — that she was named one of three finalists for the St. Johns County School Districts Teacher of the Year award. The finalist announcements were no less spirited at each of the other two schools where Alicia (Ali) Pressel and Andrea OBrien rece...