Constant teacher absences

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, time to stop replying. Your responses are keeping this thread going.

OP here and I agree. Gosh these disgruntled teachers come to you like hungry wolves! I’m just glad they aren’t teaching my kids and that my child’s school has sensible mature educators who take concerns raised by parents seriously. I wish all you disgruntled posters peace of mind and I hope you all stop being so bitter and jaded.

I think you're over the top and I'm just a lowly parent.

We had a teacher no show at least half the school year. It was a lost year of education. Our child learned nothing, and we have testing to prove it. It's no joke to lose 1 year of elementary school.

Typical DCUM post. If your kid learned nothing, then that is on you. You could request a class change, or use free Khan Academy or the library or $10 workbooks on Amazon. Take some initiative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, time to stop replying. Your responses are keeping this thread going.

OP here and I agree. Gosh these disgruntled teachers come to you like hungry wolves! I’m just glad they aren’t teaching my kids and that my child’s school has sensible mature educators who take concerns raised by parents seriously. I wish all you disgruntled posters peace of mind and I hope you all stop being so bitter and jaded.

I think you're over the top and I'm just a lowly parent.

We had a teacher no show at least half the school year. It was a lost year of education. Our child learned nothing, and we have testing to prove it. It's no joke to lose 1 year of elementary school.

It's only elementary school, chill out. Your kid will be fine.

Yet it's the foundation of our children's education. It's not "only" elementary school. It's important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean “their teacher going on mat leave”

I know!! Couldn't she just drop the kid and keep teaching? And then she might have appointments. Why is she allowed to do that? I mean, is there a union or something?

Do you not know how to read? She was on mat leave for 4 months and just got back in Jan and ever since she has been back she is constantly absent at least two days every week. She was actually absent for one entire week in late Jan. She is allowed to do whatever she needs for her child and my child is also allowed to get a proper education form a teacher who takes her job responsibilities seriously.

You're so right OP. Teachers with serious health problems or who have babies with health problems should be fired if they have to miss work too much. I'm sure there is no law against that. Darn these unions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, time to stop replying. Your responses are keeping this thread going.

OP here and I agree. Gosh these disgruntled teachers come to you like hungry wolves! I’m just glad they aren’t teaching my kids and that my child’s school has sensible mature educators who take concerns raised by parents seriously. I wish all you disgruntled posters peace of mind and I hope you all stop being so bitter and jaded.

I think you're over the top and I'm just a lowly parent.

We had a teacher no show at least half the school year. It was a lost year of education. Our child learned nothing, and we have testing to prove it. It's no joke to lose 1 year of elementary school.

It's only elementary school, chill out. Your kid will be fine.

Yet it's the foundation of our children's education. It's not "only" elementary school. It's important.

We had this too. We supplemented at home and it was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean “their teacher going on mat leave”

I know!! Couldn't she just drop the kid and keep teaching? And then she might have appointments. Why is she allowed to do that? I mean, is there a union or something?

Do you not know how to read? She was on mat leave for 4 months and just got back in Jan and ever since she has been back she is constantly absent at least two days every week. She was actually absent for one entire week in late Jan. She is allowed to do whatever she needs for her child and my child is also allowed to get a proper education form a teacher who takes her job responsibilities seriously.

You're so right OP. Teachers with serious health problems or who have babies with health problems should be fired if they have to miss work too much. I'm sure there is no law against that. Darn these unions!

At some point they should take a leave of absence if they cannot do their job. And, I say this as someone who quit their job due to health issues. We have had two teachers out extended periods of time and it was really bad with multiple subs. Luckily it was in elementary school where we could supplement.

[Anonymous]

Even if she does take a leave of absence, the situation will be the same. There aren't any long or short-term subs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you fail biology class? It takes two to tango.

Have you heard of sperm banks? Or surrogacy? Or pregnancy as a result of rape? Or widowhood?

Some parents are single parents by choice or by chance. There isn't always a co-parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the principal did call me and was very understanding about my concerns. She assured me that the teaching team meets every week to plan their agenda and every class is on track. She also talked about the lack of quality subs and how they are severely understaffed now. She wanted to facilitate a meeting between me and the teacher but I said that won’t be necessary. Today the teacher did reach out to me herself to schedule a conference if I have any more concerns. I guess the principal spoke to her. All in all, I’m glad I spoke to the principal and looking forward to talking to the teacher as well. I’m also glad my concerns were heard and nobody deflected or minimized my concerns as so many did here.

The principal told you want you wanted to hear. She’s clearly a good politician and got you to shut up.

And the fact that OP didn’t see that for what it was is very telling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I am literally laughing at all you teachers posting on her behalf. I have never seen anyone get so upset about something that doesn’t involve them. This teacher and my concerns regarding her have nothing to do with you or your life. I am glad the principal and even this teacher at my child’s school are handling it much more maturely than all of you. They could have chosen to ignore my email or be extremely defensive but they chose to reach out to a parent who had some concerns. Are you lot upset that my frustration was heard? I wrote one updated post and the brigade keeps pouncing back lol.

Based on the extremely disrespectful posts here by some teachers (yes all these rude posters are disgruntled teachers) they really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to hire you. Name calling, personal attacks, accusing me of the current teacher shortage LOL.

Hi, OP! As has been stated umpteen times, the majority of us responding here are not teachers, but parents. Drop the fake persecution complex. It’s pathetic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, time to stop replying. Your responses are keeping this thread going.

OP here and I agree. Gosh these disgruntled teachers come to you like hungry wolves! I’m just glad they aren’t teaching my kids and that my child’s school has sensible mature educators who take concerns raised by parents seriously. I wish all you disgruntled posters peace of mind and I hope you all stop being so bitter and jaded.

We. Are. Not. Teachers.

You. Are. An. Overgrown. Toddler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean “their teacher going on mat leave”

I know!! Couldn't she just drop the kid and keep teaching? And then she might have appointments. Why is she allowed to do that? I mean, is there a union or something?

Do you not know how to read? She was on mat leave for 4 months and just got back in Jan and ever since she has been back she is constantly absent at least two days every week. She was actually absent for one entire week in late Jan. She is allowed to do whatever she needs for her child and my child is also allowed to get a proper education form a teacher who takes her job responsibilities seriously.

You're so right OP. Teachers with serious health problems or who have babies with health problems should be fired if they have to miss work too much. I'm sure there is no law against that. Darn these unions!

At some point they should take a leave of absence if they cannot do their job. And, I say this as someone who quit their job due to health issues. We have had two teachers out extended periods of time and it was really bad with multiple subs. Luckily it was in elementary school where we could supplement.

You can’t take a LOA for childcare reasons once you come back from leave. You would have to resign, which sometimes means you can’t come back to FCPS for 3 years. If she has 5 years w/ the county, should could submit to take a non-designated leave for next year (must be submitted by March 1st), but she is stuck for this year. OP is complaining about what ended up amounting to like 3 or 4 weeks when the teacher was first back from mat leave. Any number of issues could be happening resulting in those absences. I’m not sure saying the teacher should resign because she had a rough first month back from maternity leave is really fair. If this continued for months, sure, I’d be asking some questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean “their teacher going on mat leave”

I know!! Couldn't she just drop the kid and keep teaching? And then she might have appointments. Why is she allowed to do that? I mean, is there a union or something?

Do you not know how to read? She was on mat leave for 4 months and just got back in Jan and ever since she has been back she is constantly absent at least two days every week. She was actually absent for one entire week in late Jan. She is allowed to do whatever she needs for her child and my child is also allowed to get a proper education form a teacher who takes her job responsibilities seriously.

You're so right OP. Teachers with serious health problems or who have babies with health problems should be fired if they have to miss work too much. I'm sure there is no law against that. Darn these unions!

At some point they should take a leave of absence if they cannot do their job. And, I say this as someone who quit their job due to health issues. We have had two teachers out extended periods of time and it was really bad with multiple subs. Luckily it was in elementary school where we could supplement.

DP. Yes. And that point is defined by other people than the individual parents, same as for supervisors and regulations determining this in any job.

If she tutored as a private contractor for OP, OP would be her supervisor. That is not the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, time to stop replying. Your responses are keeping this thread going.

OP here and I agree. Gosh these disgruntled teachers come to you like hungry wolves! I’m just glad they aren’t teaching my kids and that my child’s school has sensible mature educators who take concerns raised by parents seriously. I wish all you disgruntled posters peace of mind and I hope you all stop being so bitter and jaded.

I think you're over the top and I'm just a lowly parent.

We had a teacher no show at least half the school year. It was a lost year of education. Our child learned nothing, and we have testing to prove it. It's no joke to lose 1 year of elementary school.

It's only elementary school, chill out. Your kid will be fine.

Yet it's the foundation of our children's education. It's not "only" elementary school. It's important.

We had this too. We supplemented at home and it was fine.

We watched the 3rd grade online learning and looked at our sons work. We enrolled him in supplemental math and bought pretty much any book he asked for. We read with him, played board games with him (math and strategic thinking), we watched documentaries, and we discussed history with him. He was fine. It required that we took active steps to supplement what was happening in school so that is what we did.

We continue to supplement because he enjoys the math and loves STEM Scouts. Reading is easy enough and we visit museums and the like with him.

Yes, school is important but there is a lot that a parent of an ES aged kid can do at home.

[Anonymous]

So if her baby is in the NICU and she gets health insurance through her job, you want her to quit her job, lose her health insurance, and ensure that your kid has only subs for the rest of the year?

Yeah, okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if her baby is in the NICU and she gets health insurance through her job, you want her to quit her job, lose her health insurance, and ensure that your kid has only subs for the rest of the year?

Yeah, okay.

I'm not the OP. If that is the case, then all the more reason that school administration should have had a plan in place for a regular substitute and additional support for the class to avoid disadvantaging the students while the teacher goes through this difficult time.