When thinking about the future of education, it is important to remember that the population is growing, which means larger class sizes. Best practices will always happen with lower adult-child ratios. If there can’t be other classrooms, there will have to be more support in the existing ones. Imagine using one administrator’s salary to fund three paraprofessional positions. That means more jobs for locals and more support for all classrooms. Paraprofessionals are the backbone to success and it is time that their value is recognized.

Sue Ackerman 

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