Support staff are the backbone of Florida's schools, but they're ignored in the debate about teacher

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Support staff are the backbone of Florida’s schools, but they’re ignored in the debate about teacher pay


Most Floridians know all too well the needs of their public schools. More than 300,000 students started this school year without a certified teacher in their classroom.

To make matters worse, all four school superintendents who testified at the House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Oct. 24 said they have more instructional vacancies now than at the start of the school year.

For the students in those classrooms, no further evidence is needed that Florida is facing an educational crisis.

However, the crisis extends beyond the exodus of classroom teachers.

There are almost 100,000 education staff professionals who work in Florida’s public schools. These women and men are often nameless and faceless to Tallahassee bureaucrats, but they are everyday heroes to the students they serve.

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2019/11/19/support-staff-are-the-backbone-of-floridas-schools-but-theyre-ignored-in-the-debate-about-teacher-pay/