Longtime Rensselaer County teacher dies partway through school day

EAST GREENBUSH — Just as the second period of the day ended at Columbia High School, staff sent out an urgent message to parents: school was closing for the day.

An hour later, at 10:03 a.m., all students would be dismissed, they said.

Longtime teacher Rich Hill died Friday after a medical emergency at school. School officials offered immediate counseling all day Friday, they said…

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