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Princeton City Schools honors longtime educator Susan Weider with proclamations and memorials
Summary
The Princeton City Schools Board of Education and local mayors honored longtime teacher, board member and community volunteer Susan Weider on Oct. 13, 2025, marking her contributions with proclamations, personal remembrances and plans for a commemorative bench and district proclamation.
The Princeton City Schools Board of Education on Oct. 13 honored Susan Weider, a longtime teacher, former board member and founder of the Princeton Closet and Giving Tree, with proclamations and extended remarks from local mayors, former colleagues and family.
Local leaders — including the mayors of Sharonville and Springdale and the mayor of Woodlawn — described Weider's decadeslong work providing clothing, food and school supplies and supporting school-based health services. Sharonville's mayor read a proclamation noting Weider's roles as a teacher, PTA and music-booster leader and her recognition as Princeton Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2007; Woodlawn's mayor Brian Kepu read a village proclamation marking 50 years of community service.
Board members and former colleagues recalled Weider's hands-on work. One former superintendent said Weider was present across his tenure, ‘‘about each and every day,’' and trustees highlighted the reach of the Princeton Closet, which the board's proclamation says has served more than 10,000 families. Abby Johnson, introduced during the meeting, said she will work to continue Weider's legacy running the closet.
The board also announced a smaller physical commemoration: a bench outside the Viking Village in honor of Susan and her husband, Walter Weider, and the board issued a formal proclamation recognizing her contributions. Several speakers urged the community to 'give people their flowers while they still can' and praised Weider's quiet, day-to-day acts of support for students and families.
The meeting recessed briefly for a photo and to distribute the signed proclamations. The recognition concluded with board members and community leaders offering personal thanks to the Weider family; trustees said the district will preserve Weider's legacy through the Princeton Closet and district acknowledgments going forward.
