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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Maybe this is an ignorant question as we see new to the area, but why on earth is this the case? It seems to be a huge liability. I mean, I can see a situation where a child could easily wander off or be abducted and literally no one would know. And I don’t understand why they don’t pay paraeducators more, if that is the reason they can’t hire. Where are all the taxpayer dollars going, as well as the massive infusion of funds MCPS received from COVID relief? It makes no sense to me. [/quote]

The Covid money had to be used for specific things, so they can’t just move it around to use it efficiently.

It’s like because it always has been.  There are empty para jobs everywhere so creating more won’t help without people to fill them. [/quote]

Actually the relief money was basically a blank check, and many districts are just sitting on the cash. [/quote]

It actually wasn’t a blank check.  There were specific things each type of funding could be used towards.  Which makes it hard in some ways to spend it efficiently on what each district really needs and some school districts have been creative in how they’ve worded/allocated to pay for things needed.  Further the finding is only short term, so if you raise starting salaries with the funds, at some point you have to move those amounts into your actual budget in order to be able to continue to fund the position long term. And there is the natural consequence of likely needing to raise other salaries in order to keep up.  That’s not to say that Para salaries should not be raised, but it should be acknowledged that ESSR funding is not a sustainable source of revenue by which to pay for the increase.[/quote]

Thank you for that logical answer [/quote]

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