WHAT?! APS now closed 1/6??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t compare APS teachers with healthcare workers. Different class altogether! Right now, nurses and doctors are not abandoning their call for duty and staying home and asking for a paycheck. Nurses are also mothers but true heroes. They are working round the clock to take care of patients in this pandemic. Physicians and respiratory therapists too. The teachers refusing to work despite being vaccinated is just shameful but they are showing their true colors for everyone to see. Never again can they ever be treated as essential workers and no longer they will be respected as they once were. You have to be professional to be treated professionally. Healthcare workers are thinking of others, teachers are thinking about themselves, not their students.

I’m a teacher. I’ve been at work all year. We got 7 inches of snow and bunch of my colleagues are sick with CoVID. Go f—k yourself and the horse you rode in on. We’ll see your kids Monday.

I appreciate everything you’re doing, and this post. Hope you stay well and there is some relief soon.

[Anonymous]

APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t compare APS teachers with healthcare workers. Different class altogether! Right now, nurses and doctors are not abandoning their call for duty and staying home and asking for a paycheck. Nurses are also mothers but true heroes. They are working round the clock to take care of patients in this pandemic. Physicians and respiratory therapists too. The teachers refusing to work despite being vaccinated is just shameful but they are showing their true colors for everyone to see. Never again can they ever be treated as essential workers and no longer they will be respected as they once were. You have to be professional to be treated professionally. Healthcare workers are thinking of others, teachers are thinking about themselves, not their students.

I’m a teacher. I’ve been at work all year. We got 7 inches of snow and bunch of my colleagues are sick with CoVID. Go f—k yourself and the horse you rode in on. We’ll see your kids Monday.

Exhibit A of the type of people who are teachers. We are all in their situation or worse, but do not curse our clients.

No- Exhibit A is this person saying we’re “shameful”, “showing out true colors”, and only thinking of ourselves. Maybe it’s you? You have to stand up to bullies.

The rub is teachers are suddenly acting like they are more unique and special than others. Teaching has always been an in person job. All other in person jobs have carried on--medical, national security, home repairs, etc etc. Every other profession is showing up. There is all kinds of slander-- "well, you don't work with a classroom full of kids", blah blah.

The other issue is that most of the rest of America, and the world, are not adopting this stance. So it's hard to support unique pockets of, "I'm special".

I 100% support teachers, wish they were paid and respected more. But, working parents are over this insanity. And anyone with resources will not tolerate much more. We will move way and leave too. Less of a teacher problem I guess if you are going to quit or don't care about your profession or involved and dedicated parents, and more of an admin. and county problem, but, not a moot point nonetheless.

What you’re saying isn’t true, but I think the best solution is for me to stay off of these boards. I think there are some people that just want to believe that nonsense. I get all upset, and try to defend my profession, but it’s not worth it. Good luck with the move!

I’ve said this before, there’s a group of about 20 very angry parents and an equal sized group of very obsessive teachers who have lost touch with reality and think school = death. Those groups are driving all this division. Most everyone else is reasonable, if not a little stressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

Thats only who reports to qualtrics. Did you check close contacts? Also how far back did you go?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

Thats only who reports to qualtrics. Did you check close contacts? Also how far back did you go?

Close contacts aren't an issue if you're vaccinated per APS policy and all teachers should be vaccinated.

All teacher should be reporting their positive cases in qualtrics. That's how APS is keeping data.

The 10 day teacher positive graphs are on AEM. Look there.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t compare APS teachers with healthcare workers. Different class altogether! Right now, nurses and doctors are not abandoning their call for duty and staying home and asking for a paycheck. Nurses are also mothers but true heroes. They are working round the clock to take care of patients in this pandemic. Physicians and respiratory therapists too. The teachers refusing to work despite being vaccinated is just shameful but they are showing their true colors for everyone to see. Never again can they ever be treated as essential workers and no longer they will be respected as they once were. You have to be professional to be treated professionally. Healthcare workers are thinking of others, teachers are thinking about themselves, not their students.

I’m a teacher. I’ve been at work all year. We got 7 inches of snow and bunch of my colleagues are sick with CoVID. Go f—k yourself and the horse you rode in on. We’ll see your kids Monday.

Exhibit A of the type of people who are teachers. We are all in their situation or worse, but do not curse our clients.

No- Exhibit A is this person saying we’re “shameful”, “showing out true colors”, and only thinking of ourselves. Maybe it’s you? You have to stand up to bullies.

The rub is teachers are suddenly acting like they are more unique and special than others. Teaching has always been an in person job. All other in person jobs have carried on--medical, national security, home repairs, etc etc. Every other profession is showing up. There is all kinds of slander-- "well, you don't work with a classroom full of kids", blah blah.

The other issue is that most of the rest of America, and the world, are not adopting this stance. So it's hard to support unique pockets of, "I'm special".

I 100% support teachers, wish they were paid and respected more. But, working parents are over this insanity. And anyone with resources will not tolerate much more. We will move way and leave too. Less of a teacher problem I guess if you are going to quit or don't care about your profession or involved and dedicated parents, and more of an admin. and county problem, but, not a moot point nonetheless.

What you’re saying isn’t true, but I think the best solution is for me to stay off of these boards. I think there are some people that just want to believe that nonsense. I get all upset, and try to defend my profession, but it’s not worth it. Good luck with the move!

I’ve said this before, there’s a group of about 20 very angry parents and an equal sized group of very obsessive teachers who have lost touch with reality and think school = death. Those groups are driving all this division. Most everyone else is reasonable, if not a little stressed.

I think you are probably correct in general. Every APS teacher I have ever dealt with was/is fantastic (although I have less confidence in the Syphax people). There are a relatively small number of militant teachers and parents who are posting outrageous stuff from both extreme viewpoints, making people angry and just exacerbating the situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t compare APS teachers with healthcare workers. Different class altogether! Right now, nurses and doctors are not abandoning their call for duty and staying home and asking for a paycheck. Nurses are also mothers but true heroes. They are working round the clock to take care of patients in this pandemic. Physicians and respiratory therapists too. The teachers refusing to work despite being vaccinated is just shameful but they are showing their true colors for everyone to see. Never again can they ever be treated as essential workers and no longer they will be respected as they once were. You have to be professional to be treated professionally. Healthcare workers are thinking of others, teachers are thinking about themselves, not their students.

I’m a teacher. I’ve been at work all year. We got 7 inches of snow and bunch of my colleagues are sick with CoVID. Go f—k yourself and the horse you rode in on. We’ll see your kids Monday.

Exhibit A of the type of people who are teachers. We are all in their situation or worse, but do not curse our clients.

No- Exhibit A is this person saying we’re “shameful”, “showing out true colors”, and only thinking of ourselves. Maybe it’s you? You have to stand up to bullies.

The rub is teachers are suddenly acting like they are more unique and special than others. Teaching has always been an in person job. All other in person jobs have carried on--medical, national security, home repairs, etc etc. Every other profession is showing up. There is all kinds of slander-- "well, you don't work with a classroom full of kids", blah blah.

The other issue is that most of the rest of America, and the world, are not adopting this stance. So it's hard to support unique pockets of, "I'm special".

I 100% support teachers, wish they were paid and respected more. But, working parents are over this insanity. And anyone with resources will not tolerate much more. We will move way and leave too. Less of a teacher problem I guess if you are going to quit or don't care about your profession or involved and dedicated parents, and more of an admin. and county problem, but, not a moot point nonetheless.

What you’re saying isn’t true, but I think the best solution is for me to stay off of these boards. I think there are some people that just want to believe that nonsense. I get all upset, and try to defend my profession, but it’s not worth it. Good luck with the move!

I’ve said this before, there’s a group of about 20 very angry parents and an equal sized group of very obsessive teachers who have lost touch with reality and think school = death. Those groups are driving all this division. Most everyone else is reasonable, if not a little stressed.

I think you are probably correct in general. Every APS teacher I have ever dealt with was/is fantastic (although I have less confidence in the Syphax people). There are a relatively small number of militant teachers and parents who are posting outrageous stuff from both extreme viewpoints, making people angry and just exacerbating the situation.

I think a lot of the frustration from parents is that Syphax doesn't seem to care if kids learn anything. They are super concerned about (1) feeding kids and (2) equity, but actual education doesn't even make their top 10 priority list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought school wasn’t child care?

Exactly. The APS teachers need to get a grip. The entire pandemic we are not babysitters. A snow flake omg I can’t work my kids daycare - I mean school is closed.
Shame on APS and shame on that superintendent. We have a whole ding virtual program. These kids should be learning

[Anonymous]

Duran isn’t working out. How can we get him out?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought school wasn’t child care?

Exactly. The APS teachers need to get a grip. The entire pandemic we are not babysitters. A snow flake omg I can’t work my kids daycare - I mean school is closed.
Shame on APS and shame on that superintendent. We have a whole ding virtual program. These kids should be learning

Hahahahahahahahahahah. NO.

Do you have any idea how much harder virtual school is while working with younger students? am I happy they have the week off, no. but they’ll be in next week. And if this really is a Covid and not snow thing we’ll manage virtual. But a lot of kids are not able to learn virtually and losing a week is not going to be that big of a deal in the long run. After spending the better part of trying to get the kids in kindergarten and virtual I would rather have them just sit out than force it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t compare APS teachers with healthcare workers. Different class altogether! Right now, nurses and doctors are not abandoning their call for duty and staying home and asking for a paycheck. Nurses are also mothers but true heroes. They are working round the clock to take care of patients in this pandemic. Physicians and respiratory therapists too. The teachers refusing to work despite being vaccinated is just shameful but they are showing their true colors for everyone to see. Never again can they ever be treated as essential workers and no longer they will be respected as they once were. You have to be professional to be treated professionally. Healthcare workers are thinking of others, teachers are thinking about themselves, not their students.

I’m a teacher. I’ve been at work all year. We got 7 inches of snow and bunch of my colleagues are sick with CoVID. Go f—k yourself and the horse you rode in on. We’ll see your kids Monday.

LOL!!! You have been working all year? You poor, poor thing. That's terrible. And your colleagues got sick? Oh no. Wow that never happens in other workplaces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

I teach in a neighboring county. I would have had to call in this week if we were open because my kid is Covid positive and need to stay home to take care of her. I am negative. Maybe it’s a similar situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duran isn’t working out. How can we get him out?

Do you have a good replacement in mind? Can you provide another model that has worked to your satisfaction in the DMV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

Can you point me to where you are finding that 10% figure? I do not see that on the posted dashboard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

I teach in a neighboring county. I would have had to call in this week if we were open because my kid is Covid positive and need to stay home to take care of her. I am negative. Maybe it’s a similar situation.

APS needs to provide transparency by school. Right now it seems they either don't have the right data or won't share. Either is completely inappropriate. Many believe they're covering up for a sick out by some percentage of teachers.