Will MCPS staff get paid during shutdown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Make-up days through the summer? You are dreaming...

Why? Students are just going to miss 3 months of school, and shrug, ho hum, better luck next year?

Um, because feds and states have declared emergencies? Because they will no way send kids to school in the summer, even if we end up closed for 8 weeks.

Yes, it'll be to bad so sad. They will send work home (will have to come from curriculum office, teachers are not going to be asked to do this), and kids will either do it, or not.

I would have said, "They will no way close schools in the whole state, possibly for months, because of an infectious disease that's most dangerous for old people," and yet here we are.

[Anonymous]

I work for Alexandria City Public Schools ( HR), we plan to pay all our full time employees per published pay schedule. I would like to think we aren’t the only ones. In fact this was the first thing we communicated to employees on day of closure.

[Anonymous]

If they decide not to, I want my property taxes refunded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for Alexandria City Public Schools ( HR), we plan to pay all our full time employees per published pay schedule. I would like to think we aren’t the only ones. In fact this was the first thing we communicated to employees on day of closure.

APS is doing the same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having lived in the county for 25+ years, I am pretty sure all of MCPS will get paid on time.

My question is what kind of push back will there be from MCPS staff if it's decided that the school year should go through June and into July to cover everything?

For many teachers I know, they make ends meet by earning extra $ over the summer. That might not be possible.

I am sure the union would complain, but talk about tone deaf. They will have gotten paid for many months of not working when many people won’t have been so lucky. And of course the kids won’t have been in school all this time.

To demand extra pay and complain about the loss of side gigs would be hard to listen to.

Yeah. I want teachers to get paid too, but all of us are going to have to sacrifice a bit here. If that means some summer school and fewer side gigs, so be it. Plenty of people are NOT going to paid during this crisis.

[Anonymous]

You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer. Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well. It just won't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer. Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well. It just won't happen.

Well, we wouldn't want to force anyone to change their summer plans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer. Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well. It just won't happen.

Well, we wouldn't want to force anyone to change their summer plans.

+1 it may not happen but let’s be real—it should happen. I would like a teacher to try to defend that they should not have to work June and July. I will cancel the summer plans family has for vacation to have my kid be a school (including losing his summer job). There is no defense of not doing it. If we can logistical figure out how to shut down the country for two months, we can figure out how to extend school through summer. This will be a real test if MCPS leadership to see what happens.

[Anonymous]

This will be a real test if MCPS leadership to see what happens.

I can tell you how that will go... just like every other test of MCPS leadership. Our kids are screwed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer. Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well. It just won't happen.

Well, we wouldn't want to force anyone to change their summer plans.

+1 it may not happen but let’s be real—it should happen. I would like a teacher to try to defend that they should not have to work June and July. I will cancel the summer plans family has for vacation to have my kid be a school (including losing his summer job). There is no defense of not doing it. If we can logistical figure out how to shut down the country for two months, we can figure out how to extend school through summer. This will be a real test if MCPS leadership to see what happens.

It wouldn't be an MCPS decision; it would be a state decision.

[Anonymous]

I hope teachers get paid during this period, AND I hope they hop online at the end of the two weeks and start teaching again.

In APS and elsewhere, teachers are available to kids right now. We've been told MCPS teachers are not, which I assume is a union rule.

Fine, but if the quarantine is going to run beyond two weeks and teachers will continue to be paid, maybe we should ask that they do some work?

Yes, it will be hard to work remotely, particularly if they have kids at home. Welcome to what the rest of us have been trying to accomplish since the middle of last week.

[Anonymous]

Why has China been prepared to transition to online learning and we are not?
Why is Germany ordering 10,000 additional ventilators and we haven't?
Why do you pay $700 for an emergency room visit but they decided not to use any of that profit for extra mask?

This country has generated so much wealth for a few and they put not even a small effort into safeguards for society. Not even our children education.
We pay very high property tax and we get kids on emergency with no work to do. No teacher support. No plan for their future.
We have been let down in a colossal way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer. Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well. It just won't happen.

Well, we wouldn't want to force anyone to change their summer plans.

+1 it may not happen but let’s be real—it should happen. I would like a teacher to try to defend that they should not have to work June and July. I will cancel the summer plans family has for vacation to have my kid be a school (including losing his summer job). There is no defense of not doing it. If we can logistical figure out how to shut down the country for two months, we can figure out how to extend school through summer. This will be a real test if MCPS leadership to see what happens.

Many Feds were retroactively paid even though they were off for weeks during the shutdown. My friend - I know for a fact - did NOT work OT to make up for lost time, and she wasn't the only one in that category. She was NOT allowed to work from home.

What do you say to that?

- former teacher (so no dog in this fight)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why has China been prepared to transition to online learning and we are not?
Why is Germany ordering 10,000 additional ventilators and we haven't?
Why do you pay $700 for an emergency room visit but they decided not to use any of that profit for extra mask?

This country has generated so much wealth for a few and they put not even a small effort into safeguards for society. Not even our children education.
We pay very high property tax and we get kids on emergency with no work to do. No teacher support. No plan for their future.
We have been let down in a colossal way.

We don't, actually. Or rather, you may pay a lot in property taxes, but that's because your property has a high property value. The property tax rates in Montgomery County are not high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope teachers get paid during this period, AND I hope they hop online at the end of the two weeks and start teaching again.

In APS and elsewhere, teachers are available to kids right now. We've been told MCPS teachers are not, which I assume is a union rule.

Fine, but if the quarantine is going to run beyond two weeks and teachers will continue to be paid, maybe we should ask that they do some work?

Yes, it will be hard to work remotely, particularly if they have kids at home. Welcome to what the rest of us have been trying to accomplish since the middle of last week.

At least you're working and getting paid. That's better than the situation for many others.