Teacher, Patricia “Patty” McCandless, a former English teacher at Ohio’s Springboro High School leaves $470K estate to high school where she taught.
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One teacher taught students a major lesson about paying it forward.
Patricia “Patty” McCandless, a former English teacher at Ohio’s Springboro High School, donated nearly $500K to Springboro High School. (ScottMarshall/SpringboroSchools)
Patricia “Patty” McCandless was an English teacher at Ohio’s Springboro High School (formerly Clearcreek High School), from 1961 to 1968. McCandless died in 2018.
Now, years later, it was discovered that her fortune totaling $471,644 was left to the high school, a representative for the school confirmed to FOX News.
“If you need an example of paying it forward this is about as good as it gets,” Scott Marshall, district communications coordinator for Springboro Schools, told FOX News, adding, “This kind of donation is unprecedented and it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.”
Patricia “Patty” McCandless, a former English teacher at Ohio’s Springboro High School (formerly called Clearcreek High School) from 1961 to 1968 passed away in 2018, now, years later, it was discovered that her fortune totaling $471,644 was left to the high school. (Franklin City Schools)
The random act of kindness initially stumped Marshall and his team, until they traced back McCandless’ connection to the school.
McCandless was hired by the school’s former superintendent, Ray Perez, in 1961 after he served as McCandless’ 6th grade teacher and mentor, Marshall said. Perez ultimately helped McCandless open the door for her career in education. Read more from F.W.
