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More and more US teachers are dying of Covid 19.

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They were both teachers in the Grand Prairie Independent School District in Grand Prairie, Texas. Rose Mary was a second-grade teacher and Paul was a PE teacher and football coach at Fannin Middle school.
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Gaines leaves behind a husband, three daughters, and a community of past and present students who will miss her dearly. wyff4.com/article/hart-c…

DENVER, N.C. — A popular Lincoln Charter School physical education teacher and coach died Sunday after being hospitalized with COVID-19. wcnc.com/article/news/h…

Hendricks Elementary art teacher Patrick Key died on Christmas day. Key was admitted to the hospital ICU on Nov. 15 after he began struggling to breathe. He died on Christmas Day. ajc.com/education/get-…

FT. WINGATE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico third grade teacher taught her students right up to the end before losing her battle with coronavirus. krqe.com/health/coronav…

WILLIAMSVILLE, NY (WKBW) — The COVID death of a physical education teacher and coach in North Carolina has a far-reaching impact back in Western New York.
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Odien, a beloved teacher, coach, and stage manager for musicals, died Dec. 21, 2020, in Buffalo General Medical Center after being diagnosed with Covid-19 while being treated for an unrelated medical issue.
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Tim Rygh, a fifth-grade teacher at Century Elementary School, died Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, from COVID-19 at Altru Hospital. He was 49.
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Goose Creek CISD teacher has died after battling COVID-19, according to the district.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Bay area is remembering a music teacher who died one day after testing positive for Covid-19.

Rosemary Collins was a chorus teacher at Clearwater High School and the music director at Trinity Presbyterian Church. wfla.com/news/pinellas-…

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Elizabeth Toro, a 52-year-old intensive reading teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, died this week after contracting the coronavirus. clickorlando.com/news/local/202…

More here, as we are just listing the last two weeks or so. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS) – Friends, former students and fellow teachers are mourning the loss of a third-grade teacher from Lexington County, who died from complications of COVID-19. counton2.com/news/south-car…

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WVLT/WAVE) - A 37-year-old teacher in Indiana died just three days after being tested for COVID-19. Melinda Roellig from COVID-19 in an ambulance before receiving test results on Nov 15. (Press report Dec 11.) wvlt.tv/2020/12/11/ind…

MELBOURNE, Fla. —
A Brevard County teacher dies this week after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Her passing came two days after her mother’s death from the same disease. wesh.com/article/brevar…

Students, parents and loved ones are remembering Michelle Suire this week after the S.J. Montgomery Elementary teacher died from complications of the novel coronavirus. katc.com/news/lafayette…

MODESTO (CBS13) – Modesto City Schools confirmed Friday that a teacher within the district died from COVID-19 complications.
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BRYANT, Ark. — As the Bryant community mourns the loss of a teacher, Jamie Sheffield, her five children sat down to share memories about their mother.

Sheffield died this week after battling COVID-19.
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Siegel High School teacher David Picklesimer dies from COVID-19. "But he had to make a living and go to work. It's the same predicament a lot of people are in," Mike Picklesimer said. dnj.com/story/news/edu…

Burbank community mourns beloved 73-year-old teacher who died of COVID-19
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Beloved Wake school staffer dies from COVID-19 amp.newsobserver.com/news/coronavir…

Cobb County teacher dies, Kemp Elementary principal confirms 11alive.com/amp/article/ne…

Neptune Beach Elementary teacher’s assistant dies due to COVID-19 complications news4jax.com/news/local/202…

Sedalia Park Elementary parapro dies from COVID after days on a ventilator 11alive.com/article/news/h…

Veteran SC public school teacher, 59, dies of COVID-19 complications in Florence postandcourier.com/news/veteran-s…

Gwinnett paraprofessional dies of COVID-19 after exposure at school ajc.com/news/gwinnett-…

Longtime Mid-South band director dies of COVID-19 fox13memphis.com/news/local/lon…

Hueytown High School employee dies from COVID-19. Wanda Hartley, the office coordinator at Hueytown High School, has died following COVID-19 complications, the school confirmed Tuesday. cbs42.com/news/health/co…

Texas high school athletic trainer dies of COVID-19 kwtx.com/2021/01/21/tex…

Mary Persons High School teacher and coach, David Lee Carey, dies from COVID-19 complications FORSYTH, Ga. 13wmaz.com/article/news/l…

Beloved fourth-grade teacher at Studio City school dies from COVID-19 abc7.com/carpenter-comm…

Johnson was a teacher at Kemp Elementary School in Marietta, GA when she became ill. Gordon says, “she was a person that would go out of the way to check on her students long after they left her; go visit them at their birthday parties or graduation.” wsav.com/news/coronavir…

40-year-old teacher, coach at middle school in Rowan County has died of COVID ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A well-known and loved teacher and coach at a middle school in Rowan County has died of COVID-19, according to sources close to the family. wbtv.com/2021/01/20/yea…

Montgomery Public School District , AL suffers 7th staff death in 2 months with passing of Capitol Heights PE teacher montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/edu…

Ashe County, NC community stunned after teacher dies from COVID-19 wbtv.com/2021/01/15/ash…

Longtime Columbus County, NC elementary teacher dies from COVID-19 wwaytv3.com/2021/01/11/edg…

“She went to the hospital for a little bit, and they released her. And then the following day, she says, ‘I need to go back, I can’t breathe,’” Lopez said. ksat.com/news/local/202…

Alan Rosiene, professor of English and languages and associate head of Florida Tech’s School of Arts and Communications, died Saturday after being hospitalized for COVID-19-related symptoms clickorlando.com/news/2021/01/2…

Master pianist, Leslye Ames was only 49 years old.
Leslye is the 4th Montgomery school district employee to die this week. wsfa.com/2021/01/22/mps…

Indiana couple married 33 years dies of COVID a day apart, were planning to get vaccinated. “She was deeply committed to her profession and to her fellow educators,” Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Alessia Johnson told WRTV. nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny…

Bruce Brown, athletic director at Holy Family Catholic Academy in Irving dies of Covid-19 oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2021/01/belove…

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