Langley Instructional Assistant Arrested for Masturbating During School Hours in Classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This kid has a Disability and an amazing car.


we don't know what happen.
IN AMERICA WE ARE INNOCNET TILL PROVEN GUITY.

I KNOW THIS KID.

What??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This kid has a Disability and an amazing car.


we don't know what happen.
IN AMERICA WE ARE INNOCNET TILL PROVEN GUITY.

I KNOW THIS KID.

What??

I know him, I had a few classes at him at NOVA, back in 2006 era and he a nice guy, and I am friends with him on Facebook. He himself is SPED and has disabilities not going to share anything else. We have to find out what happen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional assistants teach at HS level? What are their roles?

He works in a so called "Chill room" IF a student with an IEP needed a break from the class either a "timeout" or student needed a break they will go to that classroom. He is a great kid, I remember being friends with him, we talk every now and then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional assistants teach at HS level? What are their roles?

He works in a so called "Chill room" IF a student with an IEP needed a break from the class either a "timeout" or student needed a break they will go to that classroom. He is a great kid, I remember being friends with him, we talk every now and then.

Guy- your friend has impulse control issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

Does an IA pay the same premium as a full-time teacher?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/employee-benefits-premiums.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at all to excuse this behavior, but it should be known that this staff member had a number of disabilities - according to his Facebook page he suffered a stroke in-utero and has not had a typical life.

I am not sure if I should reach out to him, I talked to every to him every now and then, still friends with him on Facebook, I haven't used in years. Last time I chat with him back in 2020 doing COVID. I had classes with him when we were in NOVA back in 2006,2007. He was a great kid- We don't know what happen but still I am shocked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

Does an IA pay the same premium as a full-time teacher?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/employee-benefits-premiums.pdf

Scalea, David J Instructional Assistant $30,294.00 PER FOIA REQUEST REPORT doing the 2022-2023 school year.
I am not sure how much the pay raise was this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

Does an IA pay the same premium as a full-time teacher?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/employee-benefits-premiums.pdf

Scalea, David J Instructional Assistant $30,294.00 PER FOIA REQUEST REPORT doing the 2022-2023 school year.
I am not sure how much the pay raise was this year.

Do you have an answer to my question about healthcare premiums?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional assistants teach at HS level? What are their roles?

He works in a so called "Chill room" IF a student with an IEP needed a break from the class either a "timeout" or student needed a break they will go to that classroom. He is a great kid, I remember being friends with him, we talk every now and then.

Guy- your friend has impulse control issues.

He has disabilities and you don't know him don't judge. I feel bad that we didn't talk to each other anymore...

Let's just wait to see what happens. Maybe he took the wrong medication we don't know let's wait for the facts to come out please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more reason to avoid Langley. That place has so many problems.

Sure. Whatever you say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m no fan of Langley but in this case it sounds like they were trying to help out a graduate with some developmental issues. The behavior may still be inappropriate but it’s not like the schools knew this would happen.

Sorry, I just have to ask, what adult human being has opinions about high schools such that they’ll start a post with “I’m no fan of Langley…”? Like what normal adult believes/says something like that?

Exactly. The usual trolls are trolling. I guarantee, if this story was about a teacher or an IA at any other school, there wouldn't be nearly the outrage exhibited here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m no fan of Langley but in this case it sounds like they were trying to help out a graduate with some developmental issues. The behavior may still be inappropriate but it’s not like the schools knew this would happen.

Sorry, I just have to ask, what adult human being has opinions about high schools such that they’ll start a post with “I’m no fan of Langley…”? Like what normal adult believes/says something like that?

I’ll go out on a limb and say one familiar with the school.

DP. You're not familiar with this school. You can drop the act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

After this, perhaps you should take it down!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

Does an IA pay the same premium as a full-time teacher?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/employee-benefits-premiums.pdf

Scalea, David J Instructional Assistant $30,294.00 PER FOIA REQUEST REPORT doing the 2022-2023 school year.
I am not sure how much the pay raise was this year.

Do you have an answer to my question about healthcare premiums?

NP; yes, same premiums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

Have you seen the IA pay scale? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/fy25-cis.pdf

Not many people with options want to work for $25-30k per year. If they work summer school too, maybe an extra $2 or $3k. That's not a living wage even for a single person with roommates. If you want good people to take these jobs, pay them better wages.

Minimum wage in Maryland right over the river is $15/hr. A full time worker at literally any job in MD makes the same money.

+1. And many IAs don’t get benefits. It’s a sh&tty job. If you want better people working in schools, pay them better, offer benefits, and treat them as professionals/train them as such. We currently don’t do any of that in our school system and therefore wind up with a lot of bad staff members in schools.

IAs get benefits, it’s basically the only reason to have the job. It is a salaried and full benefits job. I was an IA for about 3 years while in grad school, I had the job literally for the benefits. How anyone survives on the salary is beyond me.


Also to the homophobe in the comments raging, not that it matters, but IAs don’t get their own rooms to decorate. In no school that I’ve taught in has that ever been a thing. There is a significant difference between being tasked with supervision of a room and being responsible for that room itself.


Signed,

A teacher with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pride flag in my room

After this, perhaps you should take it down!

Why? Because the same people who have spent three decades trying to paint gay people as perverts without any real success (and despite lots of sexual crimes on their side of the aisle) have moved on to believing flags have magical powers of deviancy?


It must be exhausting being perpetually terrified, angry, and the victim at all times.