FORT WORTH — Melissa Weiner, a special education teacher at Woodway Elementary School in Fort Worth ISD, has spent 15 years dedicated to her students. Her passion for their success is undeniable.
“They work harder than any other students, just to do the smallest steps,” Weiner said. “Seeing them progress just fills me with joy.”
When Weiner recently moved to Woodway Elementary, her new classroom was far from ideal.
“This room used to be a storage room,” she said. “The substitute teacher went around the school looking for all the hand-me-down furniture they could get to make a classroom.”
Her classroom, serving students from first to fifth grade, is filled with mismatched furniture that leaves some of her students struggling to get by.