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Michelle Trauring

Oct 16, 2026

21:33
Tell us the story.
21:35
Absolutely.
21:36
Yeah.
21:36
When the email hit my inbox telling me a little bit about this story, I literally said out loud, oh, my God.
21:43
It's really hard to put into words this act of generosity and care between these two teachers at Tuckahoe.
21:50
So the story starts over the winter when the Tuckahoe Teacher Association president, Kelly McClinchey, She came in, she knew she had to tell this group of coworkers, some of whom she'd known for her entire 25 years at the district, some really bad health news on her end.
22:10
She learned that her kidneys were functioning at 18% and that made her eligible for a transplant.
24:31
So we're kind of familiar with this.

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