As many pupils attend 'remote' classrooms, one teacher has gone above and beyond to help a student. 9News
Close said Ricca — herself a mother of five — spent hours comforting her daughter, letting her know "it's OK to chill out and it's even OK to cry about it."
Close applauded the school teacher's selflessness, commending her for balancing a full home of children to homeschool, while managing online classes for 18 students and reading classes for an additional 18. "With all the craziness in our world right now, these are the things I want to remember about this time," she added.
"This woman has FIVE kids at home and STILL she sat in my driveway for an hour to make sure Hannah was okay," she wrote."Teachers like Katie are all over and truly they are gems!" wrote one user.Katie Ricca pictured with two of her five children.
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