Two Georgia teachers win Milken awards

ATLANTA - Toni Lujan-Greene, a third grade teacher at West Side Elementary School in Marietta, and Karen Wild, a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Sharp Creek Elementary in Carrolton, are the two teachers in Georgia to win national educator awards from the Milken Family Foundation, schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko said. <br> <br> The foundation gives an unrestricted $25,000 prize annually to the top 100 educators in the country. The prize also includes a national education conference in Los Angeles in April sponsored by the private foundation. <br> <br> ``I&#39;m overcome,&#39;&#39; Lujan-Greene said. ``I wouldn&#39;t trade my job for anything. I come in early and I leave late. I love what I do.&#39;&#39;

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