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Last night one of our local high schools had its prom. The school required all 160 plus teachers to show up and be on duty . But to be sure they kids were extra extra safe the school hired 10 additional police officers, They got approx 5 hours each and were paid 80.00 per hour. Those kids at the prom must have sure needed watching but whats an extra 4000 dollars. They got plenty of money to spend.Lets support out local 80.00 an hour police. It was hard work for sure.
Last night one of our local high schools had its prom. The school required all 160 plus teachers to show up and be on duty . But to be sure they kids were extra extra safe the school hired 10 additional police officers, They got approx 5 hours each and were paid 80.00 per hour. Those kids at the prom must have sure needed watching but whats an extra 4000 dollars. They got plenty of money to spend.Lets support out local 80.00 an hour police. It was hard work for sure.
$80.00 an hour for a cop doing a detail doesn't sound quite right. Who gave you that figure? I have known cops who have done plenty of detail work and they usually make anywhere from $20 an hour to up to $40 for private parties.
However, whatever the cost, our public schools have VERY large student bodies. One prom can have as many as 1000 kids show up. When you've got that many teens partying it up I would think security and lots of adult supervision would be a very high priority. I see no problem with one school prom hiring 10 police officers to help ensure everyones safety.
On a different note...sounds to me like your wife should consider retiring from teaching if she is this unhappy with the requirements being placed on her - just a thought.
Last edited by lovesMountains; 05-02-2010 at 08:26 PM..
My wife enjoyed going. What put the idea in your head she didnt?? I read my post again and I swear I didnt see a thing in it about what my wife was or was not happy about, I will read it again. The cost came from school workers who know....
My wife enjoyed going. What put the idea in your head she didnt?? I read my post again and I swear I didnt see a thing in it about what my wife was or was not happy about, I will read it again. The cost came from school workers who know....
Glad she did enjoy it after all. Your comment "The school required all 160 plus teachers to show up and be on duty", made it sound as though she resented being required to be there.
I still seriously question the accuracy of that $80.00 figure. Though like I said, in a situation like a prom, adequate security is a must
That is insane. Let me give this recipe that works in other locales: Kids of course do not want to see their own parents at the prom, so parents of younger students chaperone the senior prom.
I perhaps wasnt making the point of the post clear. It is that 8o bucks an hour seems excessive and I assume she has the facts or she wouldnt have told me...
Don't the kids (or parents) pay for prom tickets? Why wouldn't the $4,000 come out of the total budget for the prom?
Schools have to pay for security when there is a school sponsored event involving large crowds, like football games or proms.
Put it this way - do you ask visiting guests to your home to pay your home owners insurance?? Of course you don't. The school is responsible for the event, the school pays to protect everyone.
That is insane. Let me give this recipe that works in other locales: Kids of course do not want to see their own parents at the prom, so parents of younger students chaperone the senior prom.
This is how private schools in Charlotte do it too. But public school policies are apparently different as far as having all teachers do the chaperoning. But even private schools hire security - it's the prudent thing to do and it would be irresponsible not to have it at a large gathering.
Where is the $80 an hour coming from?? How would a teacher know what is being paid? It is probably a rumor. When we had to pay for supplemental police for school events (Union County), it was only about $20 an hour.
If there was an assault/rape/other crime (like happened recently in some inner city highschool), we would all be up in arms about the lack of security. A parent volunteer is no substitute for police presence.
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