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Beloved Minn. Science Teacher Dies After Collapsing at Blackboard in Front of Students

Nov. 2, 2012 10:44am Madeleine Morgenstern

Minn. Science Teacher Dies After Collapsing at the Blackboard During Class

Lori Blomme, a 40-year-old science teacher in Minneapolis, died Monday after collapsing in front of her students in class. (Image source: KMSP-TV)

A beloved 40-year-old science teacher at a Minneapolis high school collapsed during class and died Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

Lori Blomme told students she was feeling faint during third hour at Menlo Park Academy before collapsing in front of the blackboard, KMSP-TV reported. There were about 10 students in the class at the time, and some ran to get help.

“We didn’t know what to do,” said Marshaun Williams, a sophomore in Blomme’s class. “She just said she was going to faint. We did the best thing we could do and get help.”

Joseph Papasodora, a student in the class next door, told KSTP-TV that students started running in screaming that Blomme was on the floor. He ran in to see what had happened.

“She was on the ground, it looked like she was having a seizure sort of,” Papasodora said.

Students were ushered into the school gym as paramedics attended to Blomme and rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Students were informed of her death Tuesday morning. Autopsy results are pending.

Her brother-in-law, David Blomme, told the Star Tribune Lori had recently been stressed about the family dog’s brief disappearance but was otherwise in good health.

“I don’t think anyone thought anything was serious,” family friend Gloria Tollefson told KMSP. “Her heart just stopped. We don’t know why.”

Students described Blomme as a strict but much-loved teacher.

“She was a great teacher. She was the best teacher anyone could ask for,” Williams told KMSP. “She was always on you about your work, though. She didn’t play about the work. She always wanted you to get your work done.”

Menlo Park Academy is an alternative high school with about 70 students. Blomme had taught there since 2003.

“Lori was a committed and caring teacher who dedicated so much of herself to the Menlo Park school community,” school director Helen Henly told the Star Tribune. “She inspired and encouraged students to achieve beyond what they ever believed.”

She is survived by her husband and two young daughters, ages 6 and 8.

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avgconservative
Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:36pm
Pork

This is the reason I left the Democraps… the anger and vitriol, mixed with the deceit and immorality, is absolutely revolting.

I’m a conservative who has good will toward all people, but I’m also no fool. When in a pool of sharks and wolves, I don’t consider them harmless and I’m always ready to take one out for the nature of their “beast.”

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Texasexpat
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:55pm
Condolences to the family and the students. May God bless them all and hold them close.

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:48pm
She must have been a GOOD ONE! The bad ones hang around; too many of them.

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VAfiscalconserv
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:18pm
Condolences to her family and students. My father, a wonderful math & science teacher for over 30 years, collapsed in his classroom 12 years ago to the horror of his students. My thoughts are with them all….

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rnancer
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:56pm
Clearly, this is George Bush’s fault.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:43pm
She apparently was a good teacher. Her kids loved her and she made them work and learn. Good teachers are scarcer than one thinks.

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Brainmuffin
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:29pm
No Boy Scouts in the school who knew first aid?

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- I am 'We the People
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:17pm
  That is sad, I knew first aid when I was ten. (yes I was a boy scout)
  
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unclezip
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:16pm
Under the communists, this is the way we all will die – at work to support the tax feeders.

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gigalynx
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:41am
No we just hate the ones that are socialist pigs like you…

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Pork_Anvil
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:23am
Conservatives hate teachers. Watch the fake condolences flood this thread.

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:29am
  No, I’m glad there is one less Liberal Commie Union teacher in the world – Hope she hasn’t voted yet !
  
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- 1proudAmerican
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:55am
  Not all teachers are liberal. Not all teachers like having their dues go to the Democratic party. I’m one of them.
  
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- N37BU6
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:08pm
  No, we hate corrupt teachers’ unions, AKA Democrat money laundering scams, not teachers. I loved my Social Studies / geography teacher (and ex-sniper) from grade 9. Most others were pretty mediocre, however.
  
  We do love liberals who spew worn out stereotypical propaganda, though; it proves how controlled the MSM is. So thanks for that.
  
  You might want to read the 1963 communist goals, by the way… maybe the list would open your eyes a bit.
  
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- N37BU6
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:11pm
  “Conservatives hate teachers. Watch the fake condolences flood this thread.”
  
  And you love dead ones, don’t you? You must, to use them to make political attacks.
  
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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:37pm
  Porky, I didn’t see anything in this article indicating whether the teacher was liberal or conservative.
  Notwithstanding that, it doesn’t matter. The students seemed to believe that she was a good teacher and made them work for their grades. I’ll accept that, since I didn’t know her.
  
  As for the idea that any condolences voiced here are contrived, you certainly don’t seem to be one that can read people’s minds or hearts. I would suggest that you find another line of work. Many people grieve for those that they didn’t know. Their grief is not fake. You are not the arbiter of that which resides in the heart of another.
  
  Th-th-that’s all, folks. I actually raise hogs. I also suspect that many of them are smarter than you, Porky.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:20am
Way too young ………………………

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- DavidInStLouis
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:23pm
  I know, it’s a tragedy when the young (and 40 is young) pass away so early. Our condolences to the students and her family.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:03am
sad that kids lost a teacher they liked.
wonder if the school had a readily available defibrillator, or if the kids had been given a heads up if it was…

kids are better at understanding that sort of thing than adults give them credit for, and it’s sad that some may experience guilt over ‘not knowing what to do.’

condolences to the family, both direct, and her school family.

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floridareader
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:56am
At least she died doing what she loved.

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kickagrandma
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:51am
Prayers for her family, husband, daughters, and students.

She sounds like a “keeper”. Were that there were more like her in our classrooms.

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:33pm
  When kids love a teacher, especially one in the “hard rock-last chance classes” you can bet they are the best of teachers. God bless her family, wish we had many more of her type. As for the snotty remarks, pack sand, you have no place in this thread. She obviously was a real teacher who made a difference, and there is nothing but respect for her here.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:49am
Condolences to her family. God bless and RIP.

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- DavidInStLouis
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Agreed. Sorry to hear about her untimely passing. God Bless her and the students.
  
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