{"id":135473,"date":"2024-12-10T15:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135473"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:21:50","slug":"florida-school-vacated-after-kindergarten-teachers-death-sparks-concerns-of-legionnaires-disease-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135473","title":{"rendered":"Florida school vacated after kindergarten teacher&#8217;s death sparks concerns of Legionnaires&#8217; disease outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/florida\/index.html\" id=\"mol-15021110-b684-11ef-965a-e3e25de6d4c3\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>\u00a0school had to be vacated after a <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14137671\/Teacher-California-dies-rabies-bat-flew-classroom.html\" rel=\"noopener\">kindergarten teacher tragically died<\/a> of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13708359\/Legionnaires-disease-Victoria-symptoms.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Legionnaires&#8217; disease.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Katherine Pennington, 61, a teacher at Pasadena Fundamental School, suddenly passed away on November 24 after testing positive for Legionella &#8211; a bacteria that causes the severe form of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/pneumonia\/index.html\" id=\"mol-eb81fa70-b68e-11ef-965a-e3e25de6d4c3\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">pneumonia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Dayton, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/ohio\/index.html\" id=\"mol-eb83cf30-b68e-11ef-965a-e3e25de6d4c3\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a> native, who worked at the school for 36 years, spent four days inside the Intensive Care unit at Pasadena Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After word broke of Pennington contracting the deadly disease, the school temporarily evacuated seven of its classrooms, moving students and teachers to other parts of the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Donita Moody, the school&#8217;s principal, said repairs are set to be made on the air conditioning systems in those classrooms, according to a letter she sent out to parents on Wednesday,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/health\/2024\/12\/09\/pinellas-classrooms-vacated-after-school-death-linked-legionnaires-disease\/\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Instead of spreading from person to person like other diseases, the bacteria that causes\u00a0Legionnaires&#8217; disease commonly circulates through mist, like air conditioning units located in larger buildings, according to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/legionnaires-disease\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20351747\">Mayo Clinic.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In her letter, Moody did not address the death of Pennington or the disease, as she continued: &#8216;In an abundance of caution, air quality tests will also be done to ensure students and staff remain safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Students will return to their original classroom as repairs are completed,&#8217; she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e44e8fec99e4b8f\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/00\/92978247-14175495-image-m-21_1733792209723.jpg\" height=\"732\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Katherine Pennington, 61, suddenly passed away on November 24 after testing positive for Legionella - a bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e44e8fec99e4b8f\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/00\/92978247-14175495-image-m-21_1733792209723.jpg\" height=\"732\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Katherine Pennington, 61, suddenly passed away on November 24 after testing positive for Legionella - a bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Katherine Pennington, 61, suddenly passed away on November 24 after testing positive for Legionella &#8211; a bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-62b0eb482f5d2d15\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/00\/92978241-14175495-image-m-23_1733792229507.jpg\" height=\"751\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The\u00a0Pasadena Fundamental School kindergarten teacher who dedicated 36 years of her life to teaching was admitted into the hospital after experiencing severe symptoms\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-62b0eb482f5d2d15\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/00\/92978241-14175495-image-m-23_1733792229507.jpg\" height=\"751\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The\u00a0Pasadena Fundamental School kindergarten teacher who dedicated 36 years of her life to teaching was admitted into the hospital after experiencing severe symptoms\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The\u00a0Pasadena Fundamental School kindergarten teacher who dedicated 36 years of her life to teaching was admitted into the hospital after experiencing severe symptoms\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pennington checked into the hospital after experiencing a headache, chills, sweats and a high fever &#8211; all symptoms of Legionnaires&#8217; disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her condition quickly worsened as the &#8216;dedicated&#8217; teacher had to be intubated, given dialysis, and soon placed in hospice care before she died, her sister Susan Giesler told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The teacher&#8217;s grief-stricken sister also said that she found out through Pennington&#8217;s colleague that there was a report of stagnant water and black mold in the building&#8217;s air system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The unnamed staff member said that teachers often expressed concern to the school&#8217;s administration about the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The school has since hired an environmental company to clean the entire building, and are waiting on air sample test results, district officials told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2c8ace445d23e342\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92979653-14175495-image-a-29_1733792618952.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The teacher's grief-stricken sister said that she found out through Pennington's colleague that there was a report of stagnant water and black mold in the building's air system\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2c8ace445d23e342\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92979653-14175495-image-a-29_1733792618952.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The teacher's grief-stricken sister said that she found out through Pennington's colleague that there was a report of stagnant water and black mold in the building's air system\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The teacher&#8217;s grief-stricken sister said that she found out through Pennington&#8217;s colleague that there was a report of stagnant water and black mold in the building&#8217;s air system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Department of Health confirmed on Thursday that the school district is following health regulations, the email stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7f49e9e7dfe4f83e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92980681-14175495-image-a-32_1733793278727.jpg\" height=\"216\" width=\"306\" alt=\"The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease commonly circulates through mist, like air conditioning units located in larger buildings\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7f49e9e7dfe4f83e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92980681-14175495-image-a-32_1733793278727.jpg\" height=\"216\" width=\"306\" alt=\"The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease commonly circulates through mist, like air conditioning units located in larger buildings\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The bacteria that causes Legionnaires&#8217; disease commonly circulates through mist, like air conditioning units located in larger buildings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The district and school staff continue to work closely with the (Department of Health) to ensure all necessary measures are taken to safeguard the health and well-being of the school community,&#8217; a district spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">DailyMail.com contacted Moody and the Pinellas County School District for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pennington has been remembered as someone who spent her life &#8216;nurturing young minds,&#8217; according to<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/everloved.com\/life-of\/katherine-pennington\/obituary\/?flow=201\">\u00a0her obituary.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Her passion for teaching and her love for children of all ages left a lasting impact on countless lives,&#8217; it continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other than teaching, the mother, sister and aunt enjoyed gardening and going to estate and garage sales<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/everloved.com\/life-of\/katherine-pennington\/obituary\/?flow=201\">\u00a0<\/a>where she often found vintage pottery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She was well known to leap out of the car to be the first one into the sale! Her laughter and sparkling personality were legendary!,&#8217; the obituary added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-85cbfa546593ef10\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92978237-14175495-image-a-30_1733792624456.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pennington, a mother, sister, aunt and cousin,\u00a0 has been remembered as someone who spent her life 'nurturing young minds'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-85cbfa546593ef10\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/10\/01\/92978237-14175495-image-a-30_1733792624456.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pennington, a mother, sister, aunt and cousin,\u00a0 has been remembered as someone who spent her life 'nurturing young minds'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pennington, a mother, sister, aunt and cousin,\u00a0 has been remembered as someone who spent her life &#8216;nurturing young minds&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The late teacher&#8217;s life was celebrated on December 1 at Washington Park Shelter, according to a post made on Pennington&#8217;s Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In lieu of flowers, please read a banned book. Read to your children and grandchildren. Plant a native plant. And laugh and live loudly!,&#8217; it continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Legionnaires&#8217; disease is often known to attack the lungs, but it can also affect the heart, according to Mayo Clinic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The disease comes in both a severe and mild form known as\u00a0Pontiac fever, which has similar symptoms of chills, a high fever, body aches and headaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People who are 50 years or older, have a weakened immune system, or have a chronic disease like diabetes, cancer or emphysema, are more susceptible to the disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14175495\/florida-school-kindergarten-teacher-death-legionnaires-disease-katherine-pennington.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida\u00a0school had to be vacated after a kindergarten teacher tragically died of Legionnaires&#8217; disease.\u00a0 Katherine Pennington, 61, a teacher at Pasadena Fundamental School, suddenly passed away on November 24 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135473\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}