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Central Texas school system closes after 2 teachers die of COVID-19

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Texas School closes after 2 teachers die from COVID
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A Central Texas school district closed its schools until after the Labor Day holiday Tuesday after two teachers died last week of COVID-19, NBCDFW is reporting.

Connally Independent School District officials closed its five suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week after the Saturday COVID-19 death of Natalia Chansler, 41, a sixth grade social studies teacher at Connally Junior High School, said Assistant Superintendent Jill Bottelberghe.


Chansler's death came days after David McCormick, 59, a seventh grade social studies teacher at Connally Junior High, died of COVID-19, Bottelberghe said.

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