Thirteen unvaccinated school workers in one Florida district have died of COVID since the school year started on August 23
Thirteen unvaccinated school workers in one Florida district, including teachers, have died of COVID since the school year started on August 23.
According to the Miami-Dade school district's teachers union, the employees who recently died from virus complications include teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and security monitors.
One veteran Florida teacher and her school cafeteria manager daughter both succumbed to COVID-19 at the same hospital just days apart.
Thirteen employees of Miami-Dade school district have died of COVID-19 since the school year began, including one teacher, Lillian Smith, 67, (left) and her school cafeteria manager daughter, Lakisha Williams 43, (right) who died at the same hospital in August
Teacher Lillian Smith, 67, had taught first grade at Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School in Naranja, for 30 years.
Her daughter Lakisha Williams, 43, a school cafeteria manager, had worked for 17 years at Miami-Dade Public School and had just revently been promoted to a school cafeteria manager.
The tragic pair, who were not vaccinated against the virus, were admitted to at Jackson South Medical Center in early August.
However, they sadly never got to see their students again on the first day of school as they both died just days apart from complications with COVID-19.
The tragic pair, who were not vaccinated against the virus, were admitted to at Jackson South Medical Center in early August and died just days apart from complications with COVID-19. Pictured: Lillian Smith had taught first grade for 30 years
A family friend said Smith, who had multiple grandchildren of her own, called all her students 'her babies', while Williams leaves behind a husband and two children, reported Local 10.
Another Miami-Dade teacher, Abe Coleman, who worked at Holmes Elementary School in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood died on September 1.
The math teacher and youth worker had mentored thousands of young men through the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project.
Another Miami-Dade employee, Abe Coleman, (pictured) a math teacher and youth worker who worked at Holmes Elementary School in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood died on Sep 1
Michael Thomas, a technology teacher at William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami’s West Little River neighborhood, died on August 30, a local Florida Television station reported.
Teacher's union, United Teachers of Dade (UTD), is hosting a pop-up vaccintaion centre at Lillie C Evans K-8 school in Miami on Tuesday, as they hope to encourage school district employees to avail of the vaccine.
In a statement, UTD President Karla Hernandez-Mats, said: 'As we continue to mourn the tragic loss of our union brothers and sisters to COVID last week, we believe it is now our duty to honor Mr. Coleman, Mrs. Smith, and Mr. Thomas, three incredible laborers who served our community.
'As educators, we want to ensure that people have access to the information and the resources they need to get vaccinated and hopefully, spare other families from the terrible effects of this virus.'
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