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Coronavirus: Teacher drives by her students’ homes with sign to wish them well

Leslie Gonzalez drove to 25 of her student’s houses to give them a special message from afar

Louise Hall
Tuesday 24 March 2020 19:01 GMT
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Teacher Leslie Gonzalez drove past 25 students' houses with a poster board to tell them that she missed them
Teacher Leslie Gonzalez drove past 25 students' houses with a poster board to tell them that she missed them

A fifth-grade teacher in Texas found a creative way to connect with her students coming back from the holidays while observing social distancing.

Teacher Leslie Gonzalez was disappointed that she would not get the chance to say goodbye to her students who are moving to middle school next year, according to KTSM.

So, in an attempt to brighten her students’ days she came up with a plan to drive by each of the students’ homes with a poster board saying goodbye.

Ms Gonzalez drove to 25 student’s houses and asked the parents to send their kids to the front porch, local reports said.

The poster board read: “Hi!! I miss you so so much! Can’t wait to see you! (online)”.

Parents were overjoyed by the gesture, happy for their children to see a familiar face among the stressful time.

“Thank you so much for what you did yesterday! I haven’t seen Abby that happy in a long time,” one parent told Ms Gonzalez after the visit, KTSM said.

Schools across the country have faced closures due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

More than 1.3 million K-12 students – from kindergarten to 12th grade – across the US have been impacted by school closings related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ms Gonzalez told the outlet that she will begin teaching students online from Monday until further notice in an attempt to combat the gap in education caused by the closures.

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