On Tuesday night, The Selma City School system announced their district teachers of the year.

These two teachers will represent the Selma School System in the state for a chance to be named the State Teachers of the Year for secondary and elementary divisions.

Cedar Park Elementary and Sophia P. Kingston Elementary School media specialist Krystal Dozier and Selma High School science teacher, Mashika Tempero-Culliver will be in the running for the state teacher of the year award.

Teaching in rural communities is a struggle in this state.

Limited funds and the shrinking population in Selma make it difficult to do any job, especially teaching. Yet they are one of the important parts of our society as they build our future workforces.

We want to congratulate these two educators as they move onto the state level to represent our district.