Berney teacher earns National Board Certification

Berney Elementary is the home of the most recent National Board certified teacher in Walla Walla Public Schools as 4th grade teacher Laura Grant-Herriot received her notification letter this week.

Laura was scheduled to have earned her certificate earlier this school year, but her file had to be re-reviewed after one of her video tapes was inadvertently lost. Once scoring board added in the points from the video tape she passed with high honors.

"She is certainly worthy of the award," Berney Principal David Talley said. "We urged her to make contact with someone at the state level to assist her in looking into the error. We are glad it was cleared up and that she was recognized for her hard work."