Liberty Ranch High School teacher Sean Duncan honored as Galt district’s Teacher of the Year

Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 8:04 am, Wed Sep 21, 2011.

Sean Duncan is the poster child for everything that is right in education today.

At least that’s what his boss, Liberty Ranch High School Principal Brian Deis, thinks.

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