Sadly, we announce that Special Education teacher Korey Harrington of Florida has succumbed to Covid-19. Photo credit: St. Johns Family Funeral Home.

Regretfully we announce that Covid-19 has claimed the life of yet anther beloved teacher. Korey Harrington, a middle school Special Education teacher from Nocatee, Florida, succumbed to the disease on Sept. 14, 2021. She was 47 years old.

Korey was born in New York on Nov. 12, 1973. She was raised in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and earned her degree at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania. In 2005, Korey relocated to Florida in to work at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. During her teaching career, she also worked at the Microschool in Jacksonville, Acclaim Academy, Seacoast Christian Academy, and Nease High School. At the time of her passing, Korey was working as a middle school Special Education teacher at Pine Island Academy in the St. Johns County Schools in Nocatee. Pine Island Academy just opened up this year.

As an educator, Korey had a reputation for showing up to work early and staying late, and she would go the extra mile to help just a single student, says her mother, Katherine Harrington. “She was dedicated to her students, making sure they succeeded in every way they could, Mrs. Harrington remembered. “She would work with them after hours, she would work with them during school. She was valuable to them, and I can honestly say that many of them thank her for where they are now,” Mrs. Harrington continued.

Korey;s co-workers also remembered the fallen educator this way. “I was lucky to have worked with Korey at Florida School for the Deaf and Blind,” remarked friend Evan Birnholz. “She was a special person that went out of her way for the students she worked with and became a good friend to me,” he said. “She will be missed but not forgotten by anyone who’s life she touched!”

To learn more about this exceptional educator, see this link to News4Jax.