{"id":222544,"date":"2021-03-14T15:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T19:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=222544"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T19:15:47","slug":"substitute-teacher-living-in-car-amid-pandemic-receives-27k-check-from-former-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/substitute-teacher-living-in-car-amid-pandemic-receives-27k-check-from-former-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Substitute teacher living in car amid pandemic receives $27K check from former student"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsubstitute-teacher-living-in-car-amid-pandemic-receives-27k-check-from-former-student%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=222544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2386550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2386550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An empty classroom amidst the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by JEROEN JUMELET\/ANP\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:05 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A California student raised over $20,000 dollars for a substitute teacher who was living in his car amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, 77-year old Jose Villarruel was gifted $27,000 after his former student 21-year-old Steven Nava arranged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-mrv?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer\">GoFundMe<\/a> page for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jose Villarruel has been a substitute teacher in Fontana since 2013 \u2014 the same year he started living in his car \u2014 and when the pandemic hit, his hours were cut. But today, a former student presented him with a $27,000 check. &#8220;It&#8217;s extraordinary,&#8221; he said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O2AsjVKGXt\">https:\/\/t.co\/O2AsjVKGXt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSLA\/status\/1370267568158703619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Villarruel resigned from teaching in 2020 when schools shifted to online learning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TWITTER FRIENDS PLEASE HELP! every morning\/ night I\u2019ve always noticed this older man that would stay out in his car constantly at this parking lot near my house even when the weather was bad. He looked familiar and I\u2019m sure alot of y\u2019all have had him as a substitute in Fontana\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hFpIAOMCO\">pic.twitter.com\/3hFpIAOMCO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stvnna \u26a1\ufe0f (@thesteven7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesteven7\/status\/1368080484970811398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI decided the school situation has changed completely,\u201d Villarruel said. \u201cAnd I believed that a job of a substitute was over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had been living out of his car ever since.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Currently hanging out with him here at the Fontana Senior Center, if anyone wants to come out we\u2019ll be here for a bit and then heading out to take him out for breakfast <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFfDGrgFFa\">pic.twitter.com\/fFfDGrgFFa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stvnna \u26a1\ufe0f (@thesteven7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesteven7\/status\/1368246857802018818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was just devastated and gutted for the reality of the pandemic and how it has left teachers without a job,\u201d former student Steven Nava said. \u201cAnd this is one of the results. It\u2019s sad to see one of your own teachers go through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nava noted it was an honor to help the man who has helped mold so many students.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/judge-authorizes-burbank-to-cut-power-to-tinhorn-flats-saloon-grill\/\">Judge Authorizes Burbank To Cut Power To Tinhorn Flats Saloon &amp; Grill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An empty classroom amidst the coronavirus pandemic. 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