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A group of Ohio teachers are $1 million richer after they won a lottery pool

They've decided to share a portion of their earnings with their late colleague's children

The woman's four adult kids plan on taking a family trip with the winnings

A group of teachers in Ohio won $1 million through a lottery pool. Now, they’re honoring a late member by sharing her winnings with her children.

“She was a good friend,” said Karen Rader, a retired art teacher from Crestview Elementary School in Ashland, of her late colleague, Mary Jo Manocchio, in an interview with FOX affiliate WJW .

“Makes me get a little weepy,” said Rader, who has coordinated the 10-member pool for the past six years. “She loved her kids, her own children and she loved the children that she taught.”

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