'They make the drive worth it': Rural teacher faces long commute to fill special education gap

'They make the drive worth it': Rural teacher faces long commute to fill special education gap

Emma Telesco wakes up every day at 5 a.m. to make the hour-and-20-minute drive to Seneca Intermediate School, where she teaches fourth grade. Her commitment to her students drives her, even as she travels more than two hours and forty minutes round trip to get to work.I would stay here forever for them, Telesco said. They bring me back every day. They make the drive worth it; I would not change it for the world.Telesco addresses a critical short…