Fran Van Gent has been an educational assistant (EA) with the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) for 20 years. Knowing what she knows now, if Van Gent had the opportunity to do it all again, she says she might have done something else.
“I maybe would have taken a different job,” she said, citing the changing job requirements, the lack of respect for the job and government legislation limiting pay increases.