Opinion
The struggle of classified education workers
A janitor mops the floor in a new school building. (Photo: Siyanight, via Shutterstock)If passion for children were enough to pay the rent, classified education workers would be some of the wealthiest people in the Golden State. Instead, the hard-working teaching assistants, janitors, special education aides and cafeteria workers who keep our K-12 schools running barely scrape by during the school year, only to face hunger in the summer months when their paychecks stop.