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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A few years ago MOCO eliminated teachers aids in the lower grades. [/b] As a result, parents volunteering on a regular basis is common place.  Is it strictly necessary?  I do not really know.  Does it help?  Don't know, but I suspect it does.  I know i am grateful that the teacher gets lots of support in large and small ways so that the kids get more of her focused time.  So, if a parent is reading to one group while she does guided reading or something else.

Do i wish K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd still had dedicated aids -  of course. [/quote]

Not really--the budget didn't allow for the positions to expand along with the increasing enrollment, and hours were cut back.  Schools with higher special ed and FARMs populations were the most protected, so likely your school's para educators (aides... not aids...) were transferred to those schools.  Just like some schools had counselor positions cut to part-time.  Schools with a lower or non-existent FARMs population were the first ones to see those cuts.  Also, which grades paras work with are determined at the school level.  If your school still has a fair number but just in the upper grades, that is a principal's decision to use them in that capacity.[/quote]

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