California middle school teacher Leah Seneng, who died a month after a bat bit her inside a classroom, was remembered by friends and colleagues as "dedicated" and a "lover of life."

A California art teacher died of rabies November 22, about a month after apparently being infected by a bat she found in her classroom.

Although extremely rare, a Central California teacher has died of rabies after a wild bat bit her in a middle school classroom. The 60-year-old Fresno woman, Leah Seneng, found what appeared to be a lifeless bat while she was teaching her Byrant Middle School students back in October.