Name: Family grieving after Fayetteville teacher dies of coronavirus
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Description: Mary Ward, who taught elementary art at Fayetteville's Capitol Encore Academy, died Friday of the coronavirus, superintendent Will Kneer said.

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Mary Ward, who taught elementary art at Fayetteville's Capitol Encore Academy, died Friday of the coronavirus, superintendent Will Kneer said.

IS WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. >>> A FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL IS MOVING BACK TO VIRTUAL LEARNING UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AFTER ONE OF ITS TEACHERS DIED FROM COVID-19 JUST DAYS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED. ONLY ON WRAL, AARON THOMAS SPOKE TO MARY WARD'S FAMILY, SHARING THEIR STORY FROM OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY IN FAYETTEVILLE, WHERE SHE TAUGHT. AARON, A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR THIS SCHOOL? THE TEACHER'S FAMILY, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THERE. YOU'RE NOW LEARNING THERE MAY BE ANOTHER POSITIVE CASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL? >> YEAH, KATHRYN, MARY WARD'S FAMILY TELLS ME SHE WAS LOVED BY ANY PERSON THAT SHE MET. IN FACT, YOU COULD SEE THE LOVE IS STILL OUT HERE AT THE SCHOOL. WE HAVE A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL. TONIGHT AT AN IMPROMPTU SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WE LEARN ABOUT A POSSIBLE POSITIVE CASE INVOLVING A STUDENT. >> Reporter: MARY WARD'S SMILE SHINES BRIGHT. >> AND SHE LOVED HER ART. I LOVE AND ADMIRE HER FOR THAT. >> THAT SHINE DIMMED, WHERE SHE DIED FROM COVID-19 ON FRIDAY. >> A PART OF ME WAS JUST HOPING THAT SHE WAS OKAY. >> SHE HAD A BLOOD CLOT IN HER LUNGS. >> THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAID THEY LOST A TEACHER WHO TRULY LOVED THAT MARK. >> A FEARLESS LEADER TO HELP SET THE TONE OF WHAT OUR MORALE WILL BE LIKE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. >> THE SCHOOL SHUT DOWN FOR NOW, BUT FILLED WITH PERSONAL MESSAGES FROM STUDENTS TO THEIR BELOVED ART TEACHER. SHE WOULD WANT YOU TO SMILE AND CONTINUE TO DO YOUR ART. >> Reporter: NOW ABOUT 620 STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND THE ACADEMY AND 90 OF THEM HAD TO GO INTO QUARANTINE THIS SATURDAY IN FAYETTEVILLE. KATHRYN? >> YOU CAN SEE THE HEARTBREAK THAT FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH

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Family grieving after Fayetteville teacher dies of coronavirus 

Mary Ward passed away due to Covid complications in Nov. 2020 

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