The Coweta

County School System has done it again.

Officials learned

this week that one its teachers, Lorraine Johnson, is a semifinalist for

the 2003 Georgia Teacher of the Year.

During the

last decade, Coweta County had two teachers win the award; Nancy Royal

in 1993 and Jamie Lipscomb in 1998.

Johnson is

one of 12 semifinalists chosen by the Department of Education. Johnson,

who teaches at Arnall Middle School, is the only middle school teacher

in the group.

The group was

selected from 146 entries, and will be whittled down to five finalists

during the first week of April.

Finalists will

be selected after a panel conducts a review process that includes the

submission of a video by each semifinalist and a visit to their school.

The winner

will be announced April 26 at the Teacher of the Year banquet in Atlanta.