Eureka High School guidance counselor Sandy Kearney died today (April 2) of complications from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Rockwood School District announced.
District spokesman Alex Fees said he did not know Kearney’s age.
“Sandy will be missed terribly,” said Superintendent Mark Miles in a letter to district staff, which was shared with media outlets. “Please keep Sandy’s family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.”
The district announced on March 29 that two staff members had tested positive for coronavirus. At that time, the district said one of the staff members worked at Eureka High and the other at Crestview Middle School in Ballwin. Neither of those staff members had been on the school campus since March 12, the district reported.
Kearney’s daughter is a librarian at Crestview Middle School, and her sister is a counselor at Marquette High School, the school district reported, although it did not name Kearney’s daughter or sister.
Kearney had worked for the district since the 1980s and became a counselor at Eureka High in 1993, according to the district.
As of 8:15 a.m. today, there were 663 positive cases of the coronavirus and six deaths because of complications from the illness in St. Louis County, according to the St. Louis County Health Department.
Missouri had 1,834 positive cases and 19 deaths from the coronavirus, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the U.S. had 213,144 positive cases and a total of 4,513 deaths as of today.
According to the World Health Organization and CDC numbers, the U.S. now leads the world in positive cases.
Anyone who shows coronavirus symptoms or who has questions should call the Missouri State Hotline at 877-435-8411 or the Mercy Clinical Support Line at 314-251-0500. For more information about COVID-19, go to jeffcohealth.org/coronavirus-covid19.
