Batavia teacher named Kane County Educator of the Year Susan Jones, who teaches at Alice Gustafson Elementary School in Batavia, was honored in a ceremony Friday as Kane County Educator of the Year.
Updated 4/30/2021 9:40 PM
A special-education teacher in Batavia Unit District 101 was named Kane County Educator of the Year Friday.
Susan Jones, who teaches at Alice Gustafson Elementary School, has been a teacher for 33 years, according to a news release from the Kane County Regional Office of Education.
She received a $3,000 prize from the ROE, to be used for a project of her choosing at her school.
The ceremony honored nominees from the 2019-2020 school year, after last year s ceremony was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.