Texas School District Closes For A Week After 2 Teachers Die Of COVID-19

Dallas TX

01 September, 2021

6:14 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth September 1, 2021 A Central Texas school district closed its schools Tuesday, August 31, until after the Labor Day holiday, after two teachers died of COVID-19 last week. Connally Independent School District leaders closed the 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. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.