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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a para and also work at lunch and recess. A few thoughts:

1. Not all paras are also lunch and recess aides. Some schools have separate lunch/recess positions, which are usually 1.5-2 hours and are fairly hard to fill. If you ARE available for a middle of the day short shift, please consider joining us.

2. Many of the unfilled para positions are listed as TPT - or temporary part time. These staff get no benefits, are unpaid for every holiday and snow day, and have no job security from year to year. Many, many of these positions support special education students - and as both a para and the parent of a special education student who has had a 1:1 aide in the past, this hurts. Those of us who are permanent actually do have good benefits and I think pretty decent pay for part-time positions, but when you ask people to fill our most difficult positions without benefits, leave, or job security, it's no wonder people don't want to take them.

3. Good volunteers are great, but not all volunteers are good. This is why I think some schools decide to either not have parents volunteer or limit the roles in which they volunteer.

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This is an entirely too rational and thoughtful response for DCUM![/quote]

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