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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
You don't, you just say "Oh unfortunately Mrs. K won't be back to teach you this year, here is your new teacher for the remainder of the year" -- that age of kids won't question it further. The parents will all know what happened and it should be up to them to explain to their children beyond that if they wish to.
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No matter what the rumour mill in school will have every kid knowing within days. So I think you disclose the death but not the circumstances of the death and have counciling services for the kids and teachers available.
I think setting an atmosphere of not talking about what happened would be negative. We had a teacher die for a health issue a few years ago and I think saying she won’t be back teaching any more would have been insulting everyone’s intelligence. Not quite analogous but openess here is likely appropriate.
I assume given the break in the school year that they have child psychologists and teachers making the plan and are informing parents about what they will be doing in advance.