A colleague of mine noted that there is a lot of talk these days about budgets and saving jobs in education, specifically teacher's jobs, as if teachers are the only ones employed by schools. We're not! This week is Classified Week, when we honor those who work in schools as custodians, secretaries, librarians, computer lab aides, health aides, bilingual aides, special education aides, clerks, bus drivers, gardeners, painters, and maintenance personnel.
In fact, at my workplace, classified employees outnumber certificated employees (teachers) by a margin of 2 to 1. And no, none of them works in my room. There are 5 full or part-time employees in the office but only one of me in the classroom. Something is surely wrong with this picture.
So when we talk about money for education, don't forget about all the diverse and numerous people who operate schools. Remember schools aren't just for teachers!
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