A school district in north central Iowa is mourning the loss of a teacher who died three days after testing positive for COVID-19. KCCI reports 38-year-old Jason Englert, of Belmond, taught students in the Talented And Gifted (TAG) program. He also coached junior high volleyball, junior high girls basketball, and had planned on coaching varsity girls track this spring for the Belmond-Klemme School District. He died Nov. 8th, at home.

Jason Englert (Photo via the Warner Funeral Home website)

Wright County has been hit hard with the coronavirus. That’s why the Belmond-Klemme district did mass testing last week. His family said while they don’t have an official cause of death yet, they wonder if the virus spurred a heart attack or stroke.

Englert was a native of Royal and graduated from Central Clay/Everly High School. Before taking the position at B-K, he taught math at Manson-Northwest Webster. Prior to that, Jason taught at Twin River Valley in Bode, and at East Union in Afton. A private family service is pending at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer.