Pay Raise for Educational Assistances

Educational Assistances take their case to Santa Fe in order to get a wage that is not demeaning to hard working people who support our children everyday of the week in the classroom. It is clear that the Albuquerque School Board does not support the very people who work in the classrooms with children. I have to wonder how they can find money to give the new head of APS such a large salary and still look EAs in the face and tell them no more money. I would request that the people in Santa Fe take a hard close look at a top heavy system and cut the waste in order to give raises to the people that work in the classrooms. It is clear that all public funded schools both K-12 and college level have added far too many high paid administrative jobs over the last few years. How many people can it take to run a school system when these people don’t even come into contact with the students? It is now time to cut the waste in order to give a livable wage to the people who work with our children in the classrooms.