SUNBURY, PA (WNEP/CNN) - Two Pennsylvania parents say their daughter ended up in tears over a letter she wanted to send to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
It's been an interesting week for Shawn, Shannon and Mary Reinard of Sunbury. It all started with a letter.
Eleven-year-old Mary asked her sixth-grade teacher for help writing a letter to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Teacher Benjamin Attinger addressed the envelope.
"Where's the 'y,' Mary’s mother Shannon Reinard wondered. “And then I'm looking and I’m like, 'Wait a minute.' Then I was just like, 'Are you serious right now?'"
Instead of "Hillary," Attinger addressed the letter to "Hiliar."
"I thought it was funny until I saw my little girl get upset and start to cry," Shawn Reinard said.
The Reinards say Hillary Clinton is Mary's idol.
Shannon called Shikellamy Middle School about the letter and the teacher told her he did it as a joke between him and Mary.
He later apologized.
"I'm not going to argue with him. We just have to accept his apology and move on," Shannon Reinard said.
After the family's story was published in the Daily Item newspaper and picked up by national outlets, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton heard about what happened and reached out through social media.
Chelsea told the family where to send Mary’s letter and said she will deliver it to her mom.
"So, I've been in contact with Chelsea Clinton and it's unreal," Shannon Reinard said.
"I think that's awesome. I think that is the most amazing thing that could have happened," Shawn Reinard added.
As for Attinger, the Reinards are not mad.
"I absolutely don't think that he should lose his job. He shouldn't get in any trouble. It was an honest mistake. It was a stupid mistake, one that shouldn't have happened," Shannon Reinard stressed.
Shikellamy School District did not comment and said it's a personnel issue.
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