This moment is not the time to strike. SPPS almost really hurt our city's
kids. Although mental health support and class sizes are real issues, the
salaries of teachers and EAs are not. SPPS has the some of the highest or
nearly the highest salaries compared to other districts in MN. I also hope the
EAs salaries do not get closer to teacher salaries as EAs do not need to get
college degrees based on my experience in the SPPS schools. How fair is it
that someone with no higher education degree (and debt) gets a similar salary
to someone who has.