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Dickson and her morning show co-host, Brian Martin, along with representatives from Zions Bank, the Utah Board of Education and KSL, read every nomination letter and then ranked them. Nominees with the highest rankings were selected as winners. Dickson said it is difficult to narrow down the hundreds of nominations submitted by parents, students, principals and colleagues of teachers from all over the state for the weekly spotlight. “It’s painful because there are so many good ones,” said Dickson. Dickson said if one of the committee members finds a letter that moves them so much that they can’t imagine not honoring that teacher, they can override the process and automatically name them a winner. Dickson knows some nominations get passed over because the letter lacked the details to show just how spectacular the teacher is. She wishes all teachers could win or at least know that someone appreciates them enough to have nominated them. Brough agrees that more teachers deserve to be recognized and to win a new car. “If there’s any downside to it, it’s we can only do one,” he said. “We wish we could do it for all teachers.” All teachers spotlighted this year received a stay at Anniversary Inn, dinner at The Roof
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