A LIVING WAGE FOR SUBS IN SANTA FE
The core issue about Kelly Services taking over the assignment of substitute teachers in Santa Fe is that of a living wage. Because SFPS hasn’t provided a living wage for subs in the past, there has been a chronic sub shortage.
Now that Kelly Services has taken over the assignment of subs, the Living Wage ordinance in Santa Fe applies, and those subs with a high school diploma will now receive $60 a day, rather than the $55 provided for in the initial contract. This is a back-door approach to solving the problem, and at a large cost.
It’s estimated that SFPS will be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to Kelly Services just to administer the program. And this means a living wage that could have gone directly to subs, now goes into Kelly’s pockets.
We support $85 a day for subs with college degrees and $70 for subs with high school diplomas. It’s time that SFPS come to terms with an issue that affects everyone: administrators, teachers, educational support personnel, students, and the community.
Subs with a college degree will be getting $65 a day, while subs with no degree will receive $60. This isn’t solving the problem of a living wage. It’s only making it worse because the injustice is only compounded.
We don’t know how many substitutes with a college degree are refusing to sign up with Kelly, but two have posted on this web site so far. Because subs have no protections and no due process rights, at least two other subs have posted using the anonymous feature for posting.
It’s an injustice that there’s only a $5 differential between subs with a high school degree and subs with a degree. This means there is more of an incentive for high school grads to substitute in the district’s public schools. Subs with college degrees appear to be looking for employment elsewhere.
If you believe SFPS should end the contract with Kelly Services at the end of the two-month trial period, post your comments here. NEA-Santa Fe has gone on record to oppose the extension of the contract with Kelly Services.
If you missed the initial announcement in the Santa Fe New Mexican about Kelly Services taking over the assignment of substitute teachers for Santa Fe Public Schools, go to:
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/10945.html
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With your help, we'll keep this issue alive!
posted by Editor at 2:48 PM
2 Comments:
I signed on with Kelly only because I had promised teachers previously I would sub for them during the balance of the school year. If the contract is renewed I will NOT sign on again.
BOARD MEMBERS: Please do not renew this contract. Thank you
5:30 AM
I know people who have only signed up because they can't afford to pay their rent without income.....they are not happy with the arrangement with Kelly and resent the fact that the district has more money to pay Kelly but not experienced subs.
We have a long time sub who has supported our class and our school for three years and who is incensed that she would be asked to work for a private organization who is making a profit with taxpayers money....we can't believe that this is the only way we can get substitutes in Santa Fe. Are we doing still paying for our H.R department at SFPS if we are paying a private organization to do their job?
8:50 AM
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