Where is this? Sounds like the fictional school in 'Ed' where all I ever saw 'Miss Vessy' do is water plants, go out to lunch, and put books away.
Two aides/class? I had to cry and scream to get one parttime aide with 4 special ed kids along with several SEP kids and 16 reg. ed. kids.
I had an aide for one period a day part of one semester. It depends on the aide of course, but this one wanted to talk to the students during lessons and basically disrupted class more than she helped.
State College PA. Average household income $54,000/yr. Average home value $150,000. Average school property tax $2400/yr, plus the nuisance taxes for extra school money. School tax increases of about 5% a year for the last 15 years to pay for teacher contracts with average 6%/year increases, and replacement of 80% of the buildings. Can't have our children being educated in buildings that are over 30 years old...