SAN ANTONIO – Comal ISD teachers and students at Specht Elementary School are mourning after a teacher is believed to have died in a house fire.
Gayle Hendry died Tuesday morning in the fire.
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Though the medical examiner has not positively identified the body found as that of Hendry, the district said grief counselors are being made available.
“Every classroom will be visited by a member of district crisis team. The content of the classroom discussion will be very similar to the attachment I am providing you,” Jackie Sundt, the school’s principal, said. “We will have additional staff on hand to meet any individual needs throughout the day.”
Hendry taught at Specht for 15 years.
“As such, this is a difficult time for our staff who have worked with her through the years, and our students who come to know and love her,” Sundt said.
The school’s website said Hendry was a kindergarten teacher. Sundt also said that some routines would be changed in the next few mornings as a result of Hendry’s death.