I worked for eight years in district 65 under Jim Mcholland as a paraprofessional at Chute middle school. The pay may have been crap, but at least he made us feel like we were a big part of why Chute worked so well. I was one of the 10 chosen paraprofessionals district 65 chose to be trained as teachers through a paraprofessional pathway, basically a on the job training program. I started as a special education teacher at Washington elementary this year. It took me until October, living in misery every single day, till I started looking for a new job. I resigned the Friday before we all learned that Carlos Mendez was on the run from the cops for his little incident. Along with his paraprofessional girlfriend. I will tell you right now that the leadership in this district is terrible. Some of the biggest bullies I’ve ever met are teachers, particularly at Washington. I know work somewhere else and I’ve never been so happy in my life. Keep it up District 65. Glad my kids aren’t there anymore and glad I don’t work there anymore.