Closer Look: A year into COVID pandemic, York County teachers face exhaustion
York Dispatch
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Experienced educators were left feeling like first-year teachers again with the overwhelming responsibilities they took on while teaching through an unprecedented pandemic.
As they near the final months of the school year, several York County teachers described feeling exhausted at the end of each day. Ellen Connelly, who works for the Dallastown Area School District, said in her 29 years of teaching she has never experienced the level of professional exhaustion she feels this year.