Medical Lake's Johnson honored by West Plains Chamber

Medical Lake schools band teacher Craig Johnson was concerned when he was called to high school principal Chris Spring's office, particularly when, as he entered, there sat a couple of his students.

"It was funny how he told me," Johnson said. Seeing a couple of his students sitting there as he walked in to see Spring, Johnson was thinking "Oh no, what happened?"

What followed was official word from his boss that Johnson had been singled out among dozens of teachers in the district by being named the West Plains Chamber of Commerce's "Medical Lake Public Schools Educator of the Year."

"I was b...