When I first moved to Maryland, I learned that for every teacher hired for the classroom , one was hired in an administrative position.
Since then teachers I know are complaining about how much extra paper work they have to do. I think it’s safe to assume that means even MORE administrators!
More administrators, more teachers union members, more money to the DNC.
Annnnnnnnd, for every teacher hired for the classroom, two aides are hired.
When we were kids, there was one principal in elementary school. One principal and maybe an assistant principal if the jr. high was large. One principal and one assistant principal in a large high school. We didn’t have a counselor until HS and frankly I never saw ours so have no idea what his duties were. There were no aides and each teacher had 35-40 students. Students sat in their seats in rows and didn’t cause problems. We had recess to run off energy so we could pay attention and learn something.