Bulloch County's Teacher of the Year is a finalist for 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year, the state Department of Education announced Monday. Jemelleh Coes, an eighth-grade special education teacher at Langston Chapel Middle School, was named one of 10 finalists from a pool of 155 applicants who had been selected as their school districts' Teacher of the Year. "Being named the Teacher of the Year for the county was a great honor, and being selected as a top 10 finalist is truly astounding," Coes said.