There she sat, a first-year teacher alone in her quiet kindergarten classroom at lunch, pecking at Tuesday’s portion of her weekly meal prep of chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans, and crying her eyes out. Sarah Rios, a certified educator, all of 22 years old, had awoken that morning with a queasy stomach, a familiar chest pain and an agitation she had to hide from her elderly mother while administering her morning pills. Even with Alzheimer’s, her mother could sense a foul mood.
