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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's crazy to me that I see people saying DCPS aides should be happy with 18/hr but 30/hr to watch 1 or 2 kids is ok for a Nanny.  BTW, I think it is - and I think Aides should be paid more.[/quote]

I was a special ed para in a DC area school division.  I started at about $16 an hr almost 20 years ago, negotiated due to my having a bachelors degree.  I retired a few years ago at $32 hr.  With a pension.  And retiree health insurance.  While I worked I had 9-10 weeks off every summer, a week or two at winter and spring breaks, many holidays, great health insurance, sick leave, life insurance and job security.  I loved my job, was very good at it, and was appreciated by students, teachers, parents and my school division.  I have a lot of respect for nannies, but I would take my job over their job any day.  It was quite difficult at times but mostly also quite rewarding even while challenging.

Not all "aides" can command that kind of pay but that's partly because they don't stay long enough.  Usually they are on a path to somewhere else, which is fine.  Also, the para or aide position is often underpaid because it is filled by young people with little experience or education or it is filled by people who aren't supporting themselves or their families but are instead supplementing their spouse's income.  That shouldn't be a factor, but it is.

I was supporting myself on my para salary which wasn't always easy in the DC area but I made it work because I loved my job and did not want to be a teacher even though I could have been.[/quote]

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