Editor, The Era-Leader:
It is very important that all school system support personnel attend the School Board meeting on October 23 at the Central Office. Be there at 5:30 p.m.
Ask parents of students and any other citizens of Washington Parish to come and show their support for dupport personnel.
The tax stipend should be divided equally between all employees of the Washington Parish School System. We are all equal when it comes to making it possible for asll of the students of Washington Parish to receive the free and appropriate education that they deserve and thst is also mandated by the State of Louisiana!
Without us, a school day would not be possible!
Without school bus operators, many students would not have transportation to and from school;
Without school bus attendants the special needs school buses could not operate; Without the cafeteria staff there would be no breakfast or lunch to feed the students (for many students this may be the only decent meals they have);
Without the custodians there would be nobody to clean our schools;
Without the maintenance staff there would be no upkeep and repair at our schools - Without the paras many classrooms could not be held;
Without the office staff it would be chaos at the schools!!!
We are all important and valuable to the school system. If we don’t stand together in this fight for what is right and win what is right, support staff will always be considered less than!
Show up and you can say without a doubt that all of the support personnel tried as a team. There is always power in numbers!
Let the School Board members know the only right thing to do is to vote equal across the board.
Show up -- don’t give up without trying!
Collean Bateman, President
Washington Parish
School Bus Operators Association
