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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the demand it has, it’s surprising to hear they don’t have cost recovery. If you want to keep it, come up with other cuts to the budget that equal its cost. Don’t be one of those annoying people that complains about budget cuts without offering alternative cuts.[/quote]
If there isnt cost recovery, it's because the county isn't staffing the program.  There's tons and tons of demand.[/quote]

Well, the notice said they have a hard time remaining staffed. I doubt that changes even if you find a way to raise the pay.[/quote]

I don't know what the current situation is, but when I coached there pre-Covid, nearly all the gymnastics staff was classified as "seasonal part-tine." That meant even if you worked full time hours, you had zero benefits, were paid hourly, when there were breaks you were generally just SOL. Got sick? Too bad, so sad, no sick leave for you.

People coached because they loved it. But it's hard to stay when you have no benefits, there are multiple weeks at a time where there simply are no hours to work (especially so for the non-team coaches), and there's little to no opportunity to advance. People find stable jobs elsewhere. They work limited hours because they have a full-time job with benefits, and when juggling that plus part time coaching plus other life responsibilities becomes to much, the drop coaching.

This isn't exclusive to Arlington County, it endemic to gymnastics in general. But if the county was serious about retaining staff, they could have long ago done away with classifying nearly every gymnastics employee as "season all part time hourly"[/quote]

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