DeMarinis isn’t the only teacher to die amid the pandemic as children return to schools across the United States. It isn’t clear whether any of the teachers were infected at school, and many quarantined to avoid exposing students and other staff members. In Georgia, one school district was forced to send hundreds of people home to quarantine after just one day of school prep on campus. On Sunday, Tom Slade, a 53-year-old high school history teacher in Vancleave, Miss., died of the virus, the Sun Herald reported. ADADThe deaths have disrupted the start of the fall semester for many schools, and left students mourning their favorite instructors and role models.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2020 10:10 UTC