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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a preschool teacher who gets paid $20/ hour, which is actually quite a lot for a preschool teacher. I teach 9:30-1:30 and get paid for 4 hour days even though I arrive at 8:45 and leave around 2pm or later because of set up/clean up. I get no break during class hours besides a 2 minute trip to the bathroom if I can get someone else to cover my classroom so we are still in ratio. I don’t get paid for planning time or staff meetings. I spend a lot of time each week planning and setting up the classroom, prepping materials, searching the library for books to read to your kids, no extra pay. I don’t get health insurance or pension or any benefit besides 5 sick days a year. My only benefit is flexibility so I’m out when my own children are out on snow days, summer, and of course now when we are out for the virus. I’ve been making videos and doing zoom calls with my class so I have been working a little while we have been out.

I have a dh with a good salary and we are going to be okay during this time, but many of my fellow teachers are struggling and have spouses losing jobs. So the pay through the end of the year is vital to them. If they can’t get paid from the school, they will find another job, and the school will have to find new people to train and that will be hard too.

I get that you don’t want to pay for what you aren’t using, but look at the big picture. If you’re in a job making $80k+ a year, please understand that $15-20/hour is pitiful for someone who is caring and educating your children, who does it because they believe in the importance of early childhood education. Yes we chose this job, but we didn’t choose this circumstance. I feel so bad for everyone in food, entertainment, etc who are losing their jobs, I’m trying to support our local restaurants as much as possible even though we don’t typically eat out a lot.

I’m saying all this to say—it’s about supporting the people in your lives. Think about that before pulling your tuition. [/quote]

I don’t understand why they can’t just collect unemployment? In Virginia it’s close to $1,000/week, which is $25/hour, probably more than they make now. And employers are allowed to continue to provide health insurance. I’d gladly pay a reduced tuition amount to cover healthcare for the teachers and let unemployment insurance pick up the rest of the tab instead of draining down my own family’s bank account during these times.[/quote]

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