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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, back to the subject:  is this lack of supervision Safe for children?

Interesting that this discussion encapsulates so much of what is wrong in public education -- so much discussion of teacher pay, rights, breaks, etc. and So Little Discussion of what makes sense for children.[/quote]

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Do you think we just make our money?

There is no money in the budget to pay for aides.  bottom line

And to expect elementary teachers to give up their pathetic planning period to do so is unreasonable.  They're jobs are demanding enough.

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Again, why is this even about teachers and their breaks/lunch/planning period.  Why isn't the issue simply about having enough staff to adequately supervise the children?  And why are parents being attacked for wanting/demanding that their children are supervised during the entire school day?  It think the bottom line here is that the school should provide adequate supervision and should not need to rely on parent volunteers (for a variety of reasons).

It seems willfully negligent of schools to allow 100 or more children to be supervised by one adult during recess.  It seems unconscionable that other adults would think this is reasonable.  So, leaving teachers out of this, can we agree that the current state of things is broken??  Now, how do we fix it?
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