UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:04 pm ET
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Teacher Elizabeth DeSantis listens as a first grader reads during class at Stark Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut. Teacher morale has crashed over the course of the pandemic. While some teachers are hanging out, others are choosing to leave. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
ACROSS AMERICA This year has been grueling for teachers such as Stefanie Miller and Annette Lang.
One got COVID-19. The other worried about getting sick. Neither felt safe, but only one could afford to leave.
Miller, a second-grade teacher in Broward County, Florida, contracted a severe case of COVID-19 last spring. Even though May 3-7 is Teacher Appreciation Week, each day Miller goes to work is a struggle, she told Patch news partner Chalkbeat not just because of her lingering symptoms, but because of how hard it is to keep students engaged through the pandemic.