Support staff positions are the most difficult to fill at our district. No one wants to be a classroom aide, custodian, maintenance person, cafeteria worker, secretary, or bus driver at $12/hour to start. The school board gives elaborate raises to the superintendent (making $170,000/ year with no doctorate) and other administrators; and they give peanuts to teachers ($45,000 starting salary) and support staff. I appreciate that the PSEA wants a minimum of $20/hour for support staff and $60,000 for teachers.