Death of unvaccinated Estacada teacher, 46, alarms union May 20 2021
The Estacada school community is grieving after a longtime middle school teacher died from COVID-19.
On Tuesday, May 11, The Oregonian reported that Samantha Fox died the previous Saturday, a week after testing positive for the virus. She had not been vaccinated.
Fox, 46, had taught in the Estacada School District for more than 20 years. Her most recent role was as a sixth- and seventh-grade language arts and service learning teacher at Estacada Middle School. She is survived by her mother, husband and two teenage sons.
Fox tested positive for the virus on Saturday, May 1. Her last day teaching students on campus was Tuesday, April 27.
East Clackamas school districts test out a return to class January 26 2021
Oregon Trail and Estacada school district administration lead push for reopening with restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
When Estacada kindergarteners began returning to the classroom earlier this week, many students were meeting each other in-person for the first time. I have kids ask, am I going to see so-and-so? They re so excited, Clackamas River Elementary teacher Shellie Adams said prior to the district s kindergarten and first grade students moving to hybrid learning on Monday, Jan. 25. I can t wait for them to see each other.
Schools got new reopening rules Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, that eased guidelines enough to allow elementary school students in the metropolitan area to get back to school buildings.