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AEAP president raises staffing, pay and IT concerns to Ann Arbor board
Summary
Claire Arthurs, new AEAP president, told the board members of her unit are paid near the poverty line, the district lost a large share of 1:1 and self‑contained teaching assistants, staff face safety incidents and many TAs lack functional devices after a switch from MacBooks to Chromebooks.
Claire Arthurs, who introduced herself as the new AEAP president, told the board that morale among her unit is low and that many members face financial insecurity. "For the majority of our unit, our wages have remained at or slightly above the poverty line for years now," she said, adding that some longtime members earn as little as $26,000 a year.
Arthurs described staffing declines tied to…
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