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The widow of a kindergarten teacher in Georgia says it was "painful and insulting" when the superintendent and two school board members refused to honor his dying wish, even for a few seconds.. US News Summaries. | Newser
When an employee of the school district in Cobb County, Georgia, asked unmasked - though appropriately distanced - school board members to don mask for 13 seconds in tribute to a COVID-afflicted teacher's dying request, the ones not already wearing them just sat there.
A Georgia teacher s obituary pleaded for mask wearing. At a school board meeting, 3 officials refused. Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
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In the wake of three teacher deaths from COVID-19 in Cobb County, Georgia, school board officials refused to wear face masks at a board meeting Thursday when asked by a district employee.
It was kindergarten art teacher Patrick Key s dying wish. Patrick felt passionate about wearing masks during the pandemic, his obituary said. In lieu of flowers, please buy and wear a mask to protect others and yourself in honor of him.
Key, 53, a Marietta resident, died Christmas Day after a 41-day battle with COVID-19 in the ICU, according to the obituary. He was a life-long lover of all things comic books, science fiction, Star Wars and Manga, the obituary said. He taught in Cobb County, a suburban county of Atlanta, for 23 years.