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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county no longer pays for monitors and we don’t have enough staff to cover outdoor lunch. It’s a logistical nightmare to shift gears when the weather doesn’t permit outdoor lunch; unless parents actually want to volunteer (and they don’t).  So go ahead and waste your principals time complaining about something they have obviously considered and dealt with for the past two years. [/quote]

MCPS still has federal covid money that is unspent. It was literally designed to support initiatives such as this. [b]I get that it’s hard to hire people (everywhe[/b]re), but just because some people are over covid does not mean these funds should not be allocated to support the one part of the day that is highest risk to students who are otherwise masking. [/quote]

There are so many hundreds paraeducator jobs in the county. It's not like mcps isn't trying to fill these jobs. [/quote]

I don’t think a lunch monitor position has the same hours or qualification requirements as a paraeducator. I also agree with the poster upthread that you don’t need double the number of staff to supervise outdoor lunch. There’s a ratio they need to meet, whether they are inside or outside.[/quote]

I still don't understand, even if MCPS has the money, where you would find all these extra monitors to staff 130 elementary schools.  Are there a bunch of SAHPs who are looking for these part-time, low pay positions?  There's set-up/take down involved too.  Ours had to solicit parent volunteers to help with that last year due to staffing issues, but few parents stepped up (I take that to mean that most didn't care about having outdoor lunch to begin with).[/quote]

These are not low pay positions for college students, bus drivers looking to add extra hours since they are already part time, after care staff looking to add extra hours, etc. These are all people who can’t necessarily commit to a paraeducator schedule but who could do a lunch monitor commitment. And I also don’t think you need an entire second set of people. You have the existing staff who are supervising cafeteria lunch. I don’t see why those individuals can only supervise indoors, especially if there was a designated outdoor area where children were supervised last year. That makes no sense. [/quote]

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