By Mike Nolan
11/01/2024 – Chicago Tribune

Lauren Brazel has been a special education teacher for 19 years and said it is what she’s always wanted to do.

A teacher at Tinley Park High School and the mom of a special needs son, Brazel said she’s worked the last nine years as a special ed teacher in Bremen High School District 228.

“Being able to help those that needed it most, that is what I really like,” she said Friday following an assembly.

Students gathered in the main gym after Brazel was recently announced as the grand prize winner of the Kleenex national teacher recognition program, Heroes of the Classroom….Read more about Lauren Brazel of Tinley Park here at the Chicago Tribune.