LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — The Lancaster County School District is mourning the death of a middle school teacher.
According to the district, a special education teacher at South Middle School died from COVID-19 complications.
The teacher’s name and age has not been released, but students and coworkers who knew her well told Channel 9 she was a pillar in the school system where she worked for nearly 30 years.
“If you’re in our building for any period of time you knew who she was,” Lancaster County Schools Superintendent Jonathan Phipps said. “She was elegance, but also had a fire about her.”
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According to district officials, she was one of seven staff members at the school who tested positive for COVID-19. They said she was hospitalized recently and died Saturday due to complications from the virus.
One of her former students -- who is now in her thirties -- told us the impact she had on her life was enormous.
“When I found out it really broke my heart,” she said. “She was so sweet. A loving person and she’s gonna be truly missed.
On Wednesday, the school district issued the following statement:
We are saddened to learn of the passing of a South Middle School special education staff member from COVID complications. Counselors are available to students and staff as needed.
The district continues to follow guidance from the CDC and SC DHEC. It is the district’s priority to keep students and staff safe.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the staff member’s family.
The new school year started in Lancaster County in mid-August. According to the Lancaster County School District, by the end of the first week of classes, they saw a total of 125 positive COVID-19 cases. Thirty of the cases were in staff members and 95 were students.
Channel 9 also reported last month that a 16-year-old student at Andrew Jackson High School in Lancaster County died from COVID-19 complications.
[ ALSO READ: Lancaster County 16-year-old dies due to COVID-19 complications, coroner says ]
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