“We are so proud of you!”
“Have a good summer!”
“We love you,” teachers from East Lake Elementary School in Chattanooga shouted out their car windows Friday afternoon. Running excitedly from their houses or front porches, gathered on the side of the road, students smiled and waved back.
On what would have been the last official day of school for Hamilton County Schools, nearly 40 East Lake teachers decorated their cars with streamers, signs and car paint and held a “teacher train” parade.
The group drove through their students’ neighborhoods, many of which are home to immigrant families and low-income households. The area has been hit hard by the coronavirus in recent weeks as the virus spreads rapidly among Hamilton County’s Hispanic population.