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What If ?
Let’s suppose just for a moment, what if there weren’t any ESP What would become of our schools and where would education be If not for the dedication of each Education Support Professional How could our schools ever survive or even function at all For the bus driver wouldn’t be there to pick up children along the way The doors wouldn’t be unlocked, the lights on, or the buildings heated each day The aides wouldn’t be there to help those children with a special need Or the cooks wouldn’t have a hot and tasty meal ready for all to feed School security wouldn’t be there to watch over the children with care Each child’s records wouldn’t be the secretary’s load to bear The computers would crash without the technician to keep them up to date And not for the maintenance personnel, one can only guess the school’s fate And there are many more that give so much, each in a different capacity For to each ESP, education is far more than just another job or utility Education is each child’s future, the hope and prayers of our nation For that future, each day, ESP give their work, love, and dedication Dave Arnold (Dave Arnold, a member of the Illinois Education Association, is a custodian at Brownstown Elementary School in Southern Illinois. He can be contacted at darnoldjanitor@yahoo.com. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NEA or its affiliates. |
ECSSO OFFICERS & STAFF
President
Betsy Brian 775-738-5124 president.ECSSO@gmail.com Betsy Brian lived in Arizona and Oklahoma before moving to Elko, NV in 2007. She has been at Elko High School since the 2007-2008 school year as a teacher’s aide (detention room since 2010). She has been a bus driver, paraprofessional, kitchen help, instructional aide, office aide, playground duty aide, and an organization secretary in the eight years at Choctaw/Nicoma Park school district in Oklahoma. She is a county elected official and on the board of various organizations on a volunteer basis. Last year she was a delegate assembly representative for ECSSO. Secretary-Treasurer
JoAnn Allison JoAnn has been employed with the Elko County School District since August 1990. She is a special education para-educator at Grammar #2 in Elko, Nevada. JoAnn has served as secretary/treasurer for over ten years and was a delegate assembly representative for eight years. She has attended three ESP conferences.
Communications Officer
Tichy Torres 775-738-1195 775-340-1509 tichyg@gmail.com Tichy works as and instructional assistant at Southside Elementary School in the ESL Dept. She has been with the Elko CSD since December of 1991. A long time member, she is assisting ECSSO with communicating with our Spanish-speaking members. NSEA UniServ Director
Scott Guthrie 775-777-8361 or 775-741-1143 Scott.Guthrie@nsea-nv.org If you are a member of the news media, please contact:
Nick Di Archangel Director of Communications, Nevada State Education Association nick.diarchangel@nsea-nv.org 702-595-9142 (mobile) |