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ROPESVILLE, Texas — Ropes Elementary School paid homage to Jill Reep, a former teacher who lost her life in a 2019 crash in Hockley County.
In January 2019, a pickup truck drifted near FM 1585 and Hummingbird Road, which led to Reep being ejected from the vehicle and passing away from her injuries.
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Danny McNabb, principal of Ropes Elementary, said Reep was a second-grade teacher who loved her students. He referred to her as a “great person” and wanted the vending machine to serve as a “memento for her service” to her students.
Principal McNabb said students who receive books from the machine will be a part of “Reep’s Ropes Readers.”
The books were donated by Ms. Reep’s family and are available to students in grades K through 5th.
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McNabb said the students will be awarded tokens for the machine based on “good behavior and study habits.”