I don't hate my job.

However.

I work 3 hours a weekday watching 20 elementary students after school.

I get paid once at the end of every month for the prior month's work. If I work every day, I can probably make 400$ a month (I typically only get 340$ because I miss a few days). My coworker told me today that they got paid 520$ (after-tax), we worked almost the same amount of time, the only difference is they have to watch over a singular ASD kid. My other coworker just found out that they're getting underpaid even though they're working a different, higher-paying role.

The board of ed is getting paid 200$ per child a month from 15 schools in the county with a 50$ registration fee, (I don't even want to think about how much they're earning from summer camp). We have nearly 50 students a day, so 50 x 50$ = 2,500$, 50 x 200$ = 10,000$, that's just the amount from one month. 10,000 x 10 = 100,000$.

So let's assume that that's the same amount for all 15 schools. 15 x 2,500$ = 37,500$, 100,000 x 15 = 1,500,000$

This isn't adding their 15$ late payment fee, 210$ per pre-k child fee, or 30$ returned transaction fee, and this isn't subtracting how much they pay to rent the school property.

They're making 1,537,500$ a school year. Please explain why I, the person actually doing what people are paying for, am getting paid 340$ at the end of every month.

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(This is a little off-topic but I find it stupid, to quote from the board's parental information guide: “a low 15 to 1 student to counselor ratio. Our goal is to provide a safe, fun and caring environment to foster physical, emotional and social growth in each child.” “We have a low 15 to 1 student/counselor ratio, (Pre-K ratio is 10 to 1) which allows for ongoing supervision.” They're so disconnected from the actual work environment that they think this is an actual, solid, working ratio.)