Longtime Bala Cynwyd Middle School Teacher Dies In Crash

BALA CYNWYD, PA — The Lower Merion School District community is mourning the loss of one of its educators who spent three decades teaching local youths.

According to Superintendent Steve M. Yanni, Bala Cynwyd Middle School Social Studies teacher Tim Mohan has died.

Mohan died in a vehicle crash Tuesday night.

Details of the crash were not available.

Yanni said in addition to being a teacher at Bala Cynwyd Middle School for 30 years, Mohan was the school’s Athletics and Activities Director for many years.

"Mr. Mohan was a pillar of the BC Community who loved and cared for his students," Bala Cynwyd Middle School Principal Jeffrey Hunter said. "Each day since 1993, he could be seen greeting his students with a smile in the hallway. He was a natural with his students, using storytelling and whimsical tales to engage them in U.S. History. He could also be heard singing the BC Alma Mater, though not always with the right words or in tune. He truly knew what it meant to be a middle school teacher."

This sudden and tragic news is difficult for both Mr. Mohan’s students and his colleagues. Hunter at Bala Cynwyd and Black Rock Middle School Principal Sarah Stout met with their staffs before school started this morning to inform them of the loss, Yanni said.

Members of the district's Student Services team shared the news with students at Bala Cynwyd Middle School.

Mental health professionals and the crisis support team from the Montgomery County Intermediate Uni are available to students and staff at the middle schools Wednesday and in the coming days.

"I urge parents and guardians of students who had Mr. Mohan to discuss his sudden passing with their children in a manner they feel best," Yanni said. "Our school counseling team has provided resources for sharing difficult information with children here. I know that our entire community joins me in sending our deepest condolences to the Mohan family at this impossibly difficult time. If and when the family asks us to share additional information with our school community, we will do so."