Daily Republic: Love of the little ones keeps Vacaville teacher in classroom

VACAVILLE — An aneurysm and craniotomy couldn’t keep Diane Santamaria away from her kindergartners, and neither would room remodeling.

Like Stephanie and Richard Oates, Santamaria, 59, has been teaching in the Vacaville School District for 37 years – all of them at Padan Elementary and all of them in Room 17, although for a brief time that room was called something different. Santamaria couldn’t remember the exact name, but it didn’t resonate.

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