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Milkovich Middle School is focused on physical fitness and good nutrition—and Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria is visiting to commend students and staff for encouraging healthy habits. But is that the only reason for today's assembly? When DeMaria introduces Greg Gallagher, senior program administrator for the Milken Family Foundation, they turn one outstanding educator's day upside-down. Follow along as DeMaria and Gallagher surprise math teacher Maria Rodgers with Ohio's 2017-18 Milken Educator Award in front of the entire school.