After 37 Years, Wolftrap Teacher Says Goodbye
Special Education teacher Shirley Mabon has helped Vienna families learn for decades
It was just more than four decades ago that Shirley Mabon walked into an orphanage in Western New York looking to lend a hand, not realizing at the time her life was about to change. Mabon, who had just completed an English degree, was having trouble finding a job and decided to do some volunteering. “They were starting a school and they asked if I would like to interview for a position. I did, and ended up working at the school for kids with emotional disabilities for two and a half years," Mabon said. That training would be the catalyst for a career in special education, the last 37 years of which has been at Wolftrap Elementary School. But when the school year comes to an end this June, Mabon will be saying goodbye to Wolftrap, along …
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2:59 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Ms. Mabon taught my sister when we were students at Wolftrap in the '80s. Thank you, Ms. Mabon! more ›