Druid Hills teacher picked to work abroad next year

Druid Hills High School teacher Erica Nicole Staton has been awarded a Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange grant to instruct in England for the 2011-2012 school year. Recipients are selected because of academic or professional achievement, as well as leadership potential. DeKalb's Staton is one of about 60 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad through the teacher exchange program next school year.

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