Anonymous wrote:This is a long stretch, hoping they get paid.

Well yes. That's why most every private sector company was back at work Monday or Tuesday. And why Giant grocery store was open during the storm last Sunday. No work=no pay. Not everyone gets paid to stay at home until everything is "perfectly safe," 7 days after a storm when it's perfectly sunny outside.

I was a para in DC when I was younger, between undergrad and grad. Back then, we got paid if the school was closed for an unforeseen reason, like a snowstorm. We did not get paid for Christmas/Spring break unless we reported to an empty school-- yes, we had to do that. For the summer, we would not get paid and had to find other jobs, such as summer schools.

Anonymous wrote:They converted TPT paras to permanent para this school year. We have very few (if any) TPT paras left in the county.

Glad to hear they will be paid.

That's not true. They planned to shift 100-150 from temp to perm, but even assuming they did that, it still leaves an awful lot of temp paras for special education and lunch/recess duty.

They converted TPT paras to permanent para this school year. We have very few (if any) TPT paras left in the county.

Glad to hear they will be paid.

If you are a permanent staff member, yes. If you are TPT, no. Most sped paras are TPT.

Anonymous wrote:Unless they are temporary part time staff, yes they are paid.

But a significant portion are temporary part time.

Unless they are temporary part time staff, yes they are paid.

This is a long stretch, hoping they get paid.