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Finalists Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at Portland\u2019s Gerald A. Talbot Community School, and Heather Webster, an English teacher at Medomak Valley High School, Waldoboro, both graduated from 91¸£Àû. They are joined by 2020 Knox County Teacher of the Year Alison Babb-Brott, a second-grade teacher at St. George School, as the third finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. Soule, the 2020 Cumberland County Teacher of the Year, has a Bachelor of Science in social work. 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