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Education support professionals defend millage, urge living wages at Nassau school board meeting
Summary
Dozens of education support professionals and allies addressed the Nassau County School Board on Jan. 9, defending millage-funded pay and urging living wages and recognition for noninstructional staff.
At the Nassau County School Board meeting on Jan. 9, education support professionals and community allies delivered a succession of public comments defending recent millage-funded pay and urging the board to ensure living wages and respect for noninstructional staff.
Speakers said the district could not operate without bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers, paraprofessionals and office staff. "How frightening would it be to try to run a school without education support professionals?" said Miriam Phillips, president of the National Educational Support Personnel Association, introducing a National…
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