Fort Wayne special-education teachers each receive a $300 surprise
The WindSwell Foundation gave $300 gift cards to 1,141 special-education teachers in Fort Wayne, a surprise meant for their classrooms.
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The WindSwell Foundation surprised 1,141 special-education teachers in Fort Wayne with $300 gift cards for their classrooms, WPTA 21Alive reported. Each card was the same amount. The list was the district's special-education teaching staff.
The total is 1,141 cards at $300 each. The station's account is the surprise and the purpose, classroom supplies, not a change in anyone's salary.
For the classroom
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1,141 special-education teachers each got a surprise: a $300 gift card from the WindSwell Foundation for their classrooms. Special-education teachers work with students who need extra support. Three hundred dollars can buy supplies a classroom runs out of. The number 1,141 is how many teachers received a card, not how many students they teach. A gift card is money the teacher can spend on the room, not a bonus the story says they took home. The news is the surprise and the size of the list.
- What might a teacher buy for a classroom with $300?
- Why would a gift for the room matter as much as a gift for the teacher?
- Who at your school does work that is easy to overlook?
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