Originally Posted by ILUVLUCY420

Ok here is the story and I would deeply appreciate your views or thoughts. As many of you know I work as a kindergarten paraprofessional within our school district. Ok there are 9 of us. Ok here lies the problem, one of the para's a very good friend of mine, has been working as a K-para doing the same thing I am, however her regular teacher is currently out on maternity leave. In the meantime the teacher who has taken over was a Kindergarten teacher there for 43 years till she retired. However her retirement only lasted 13 months. She decided to come back as first a volunteer and then as a sub, so while she formally retired, she is still making money as a sub. Ok thats not the problem although alot of people at the school feel its not fair. Okay anyway getting back to my friend her name is Stacey, she has been working with Mrs.Q for 2 months now and has one more month to go. She is finding it very hard, she is missing Mrs. Smithe her regular teacher badly. However lately Mrs Q. has been putting alot of pressure on my friend. For instance we work 4 hours a day.If there is any over time it has to go through our Principle. So like I said each day while all of us is leaving. Stacey is still in the room. First it was just 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 20 minutes. Those minutes are not being paid for by our school. So today all the ... hit the fan and my friend finally got up enough courage and told Mrs. Q that she can no longer stay there without getting paid, its not right nor is it fair. I told her to go to our principle and speak her peace, my friend does not want to cause any problems. Okay however after my friend spoke her peace to Mrs.Q. Mrs Oq turned around and asked Stacey how much do you make a hour. My friend was shocked and said Mrs Q. thats private. She said its not that I want to know how much you own, I am asking because I will pay you privately if you agreed to stay longer each day. Well when my friend called me and told me this. I immediately said no way, you cannot take cash from her. Also any over-time has to go throught our principle, also there are 8 more of use who some could the extra cash. I told my friend immediately you should have told her I cannot accept nor do I feel comfortable taking money from you, your not my employer. She is so nervous because Mrs, Q thinks my friend is coming in earlier tomorrow cause my friend was just so shocked and left without speaking to Mrs. Q. Ok ladies what are your thoughts.. Peace.. Catherine