Another pregnant teacher

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Where did you see this?

A student at a school board reading a book from school. Pretty disgusting that posters here want this in our schools. Probably pediphiles?

Book on anal sex (I'll take your word for it) never killed anyone. I'm going to be prioritizing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Where did you see this?

A student at a school board reading a book from school. Pretty disgusting that posters here want this in our schools. Probably pediphiles?

Ok. Do you have a link to a video of this student reading the book?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

You're a parent of a student. How would you remotely know if she "doesn't have any issues with the pregnancy"? If she said that to you or others, you have no idea if she was telling the truth. In her situation I wouldn't tell parents if I had health issues in pregnancy or anything else.

You're just sore that your kid will "lose" a teacher for the last part of the year. We get that. But dont' go around making out as if you know this woman or her actual situation outside school. She does not work for YOU. She works for the school and makes whatever arrangements she needs to make with them, not you or your child.

So many parents don't get this, or pretend not to. I was a 12 month teacher so if I had to take care of anything or take vacation it had to be when I had students in session.
Most parents understood this but I had parents that would act like I had no right to use my vacation time (or sick leave for that matter), ever.

I left at 28 weeks pregnant because I was planning to SAH anyway. There was no point in being uncomfortable by the end for so little pay and much stress. If I had any complications I would have left earlier.

Oh you poor thing. . . I worked commuting into DC until the day I gave birth. Uncomfortable . . . LOL.

Look, the thing is, leave. Don't leave. Take time off. Don't take time off. But the fact is you ARE accountable to the kids and their parents. You may think you're not, and it's kind of funny how many teachers on here think that, but you are. You have every right to take your leave, but don't think that you being out all the time (and there teachers that are) and having that affect the kids, is going to make parents respect you very much. They won't.

I feel like some posters have undiagnosed issues.

I'm a NP, but I don't understand why it is not ok to discuss the impact that mid-year teacher departures have on students. There are plenty of studies on this showing that both excessive absences and mid-year departures have a detrimental impact on student learning. This has been happening for years, but the impact on students is even worse following the pandemic closures. It's difficult for anyone, adults or children, to be motivated to learn and engage with a system that shows little regard for their needs. This has nothing to do with individual teachers or their reasons for leaving but everything to do with what kids are experiencing and what the adults in their lives are showing them. There's little stability, and that does not promote engagement.

You're right. That's why so many are leaving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

You're a parent of a student. How would you remotely know if she "doesn't have any issues with the pregnancy"? If she said that to you or others, you have no idea if she was telling the truth. In her situation I wouldn't tell parents if I had health issues in pregnancy or anything else.

You're just sore that your kid will "lose" a teacher for the last part of the year. We get that. But dont' go around making out as if you know this woman or her actual situation outside school. She does not work for YOU. She works for the school and makes whatever arrangements she needs to make with them, not you or your child.

So many parents don't get this, or pretend not to. I was a 12 month teacher so if I had to take care of anything or take vacation it had to be when I had students in session.
Most parents understood this but I had parents that would act like I had no right to use my vacation time (or sick leave for that matter), ever.

I left at 28 weeks pregnant because I was planning to SAH anyway. There was no point in being uncomfortable by the end for so little pay and much stress. If I had any complications I would have left earlier.

Oh you poor thing. . . I worked commuting into DC until the day I gave birth. Uncomfortable . . . LOL.

Look, the thing is, leave. Don't leave. Take time off. Don't take time off. But the fact is you ARE accountable to the kids and their parents. You may think you're not, and it's kind of funny how many teachers on here think that, but you are. You have every right to take your leave, but don't think that you being out all the time (and there teachers that are) and having that affect the kids, is going to make parents respect you very much. They won't.

I feel like some posters have undiagnosed issues.

I'm a NP, but I don't understand why it is not ok to discuss the impact that mid-year teacher departures have on students. There are plenty of studies on this showing that both excessive absences and mid-year departures have a detrimental impact on student learning. This has been happening for years, but the impact on students is even worse following the pandemic closures. It's difficult for anyone, adults or children, to be motivated to learn and engage with a system that shows little regard for their needs. This has nothing to do with individual teachers or their reasons for leaving but everything to do with what kids are experiencing and what the adults in their lives are showing them. There's little stability, and that does not promote engagement.

You're right. That's why so many are leaving.

Precisely. Such an environmental is severely demoralizing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Where did you see this?

A student at a school board reading a book from school. Pretty disgusting that posters here want this in our schools. Probably pediphiles?

Book on anal sex (I'll take your word for it) never killed anyone. I'm going to be prioritizing.

How young do you want school children learning how to do anal sex?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Where did you see this?

A student at a school board reading a book from school. Pretty disgusting that posters here want this in our schools. Probably pediphiles?

Book on anal sex (I'll take your word for it) never killed anyone. I'm going to be prioritizing.

How young do you want school children learning how to do anal sex?

Maybe your kids are advanced?
My elem. kid doesn't worry about any kind of sex even though the basics have been explained to him by us.
And middle schoolers? They can probably tell you about it better than you can from hearing from their friends. We're not talking parochial school,you know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

Good. We all agree to “ban” the books showing children creative how-to sex techniques, not to mention the explicit diagrams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Which book are you referencing? You gave some vague reference to someone reading from a book at a school board meeting, but that’s it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

Good. We all agree to “ban” the books showing children creative how-to sex techniques, not to mention the explicit diagrams.

We all agree that MAYBE someone scoured all the books at all the secondary school libraries (informed by rightwing groups dedicated to this) and found a graphic novel that had an objectionable page and then instead of doing the usual process of submitting a request that the material be reviewed by the school-community board to see if it is objectionable. Instead they decided to do big public stunts taking the images out of context--and, like a PP, accused people of being "pediphiles" (sic). The actual page I believe was from a young adult graphic novel about a teen who realizes she's a lesbian, imagines sex using a dildo and gets grossed out by the idea. I can't remember the details, but the book is primarily a fairly typical 'coming of age' story, but I agree that the trend to make graphic novels out of everything has made it more difficult for schools to field what is appropriate content for libraries. But that's why libraries HAVE this review body -- and have had it in place for decades. Parents and kids can recommend any book for review--and they can volunteer to be on the review board. There's no need to make a big stunt out of it--there's a process in place to handle the issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

Good. We all agree to “ban” the books showing children creative how-to sex techniques, not to mention the explicit diagrams.

We all agree that MAYBE someone scoured all the books at all the secondary school libraries (informed by rightwing groups dedicated to this) and found a graphic novel that had an objectionable page and then instead of doing the usual process of submitting a request that the material be reviewed by the school-community board to see if it is objectionable. Instead they decided to do big public stunts taking the images out of context--and, like a PP, accused people of being "pediphiles" (sic). The actual page I believe was from a young adult graphic novel about a teen who realizes she's a lesbian, imagines sex using a dildo and gets grossed out by the idea. I can't remember the details, but the book is primarily a fairly typical 'coming of age' story, but I agree that the trend to make graphic novels out of everything has made it more difficult for schools to field what is appropriate content for libraries. But that's why libraries HAVE this review body -- and have had it in place for decades. Parents and kids can recommend any book for review--and they can volunteer to be on the review board. There's no need to make a big stunt out of it--there's a process in place to handle the issue.

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I agree with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

Good. We all agree to “ban” the books showing children creative how-to sex techniques, not to mention the explicit diagrams.

We all agree that MAYBE someone scoured all the books at all the secondary school libraries (informed by rightwing groups dedicated to this) and found a graphic novel that had an objectionable page and then instead of doing the usual process of submitting a request that the material be reviewed by the school-community board to see if it is objectionable. Instead they decided to do big public stunts taking the images out of context--and, like a PP, accused people of being "pediphiles" (sic). The actual page I believe was from a young adult graphic novel about a teen who realizes she's a lesbian, imagines sex using a dildo and gets grossed out by the idea. I can't remember the details, but the book is primarily a fairly typical 'coming of age' story, but I agree that the trend to make graphic novels out of everything has made it more difficult for schools to field what is appropriate content for libraries. But that's why libraries HAVE this review body -- and have had it in place for decades. Parents and kids can recommend any book for review--and they can volunteer to be on the review board. There's no need to make a big stunt out of it--there's a process in place to handle the issue.

+1
I agree with this.

+1. I am an FCPS secondary librarian. I read book reviews really carefully and will read anything that looks questionable when it arrives or in the case of a graphic novel, try to read any preview pages provided before ordering. With that said, every once in awhile, reviews will not mention a sex scene. I am grateful to parents and students who bring books to my attention. I am perfectly fine with a book going through the book challenge process. I am not fine with people circumventing what I think is a fair and formalized process by screaming at a school board meeting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Took 3 pages- hello Republicans!
I do know Why I vote for dems: I’m anti book banning, I want my kids to say the word gay to support my gay cousins, I’m anti charter schools and don’t want my tax dollars supporting religious or wealthy private schools for vouchers.

Thanks for asking!

Adding that Republicans haven't offered a single viable solution to complex societal problems either.

Why do our kids need a how-to guide for anal sex? Those are the books you want at school? Why?

Anyone?

Nope

Good. We all agree to “ban” the books showing children creative how-to sex techniques, not to mention the explicit diagrams.

We all agree that MAYBE someone scoured all the books at all the secondary school libraries (informed by rightwing groups dedicated to this) and found a graphic novel that had an objectionable page and then instead of doing the usual process of submitting a request that the material be reviewed by the school-community board to see if it is objectionable. Instead they decided to do big public stunts taking the images out of context--and, like a PP, accused people of being "pediphiles" (sic). The actual page I believe was from a young adult graphic novel about a teen who realizes she's a lesbian, imagines sex using a dildo and gets grossed out by the idea. I can't remember the details, but the book is primarily a fairly typical 'coming of age' story, but I agree that the trend to make graphic novels out of everything has made it more difficult for schools to field what is appropriate content for libraries. But that's why libraries HAVE this review body -- and have had it in place for decades. Parents and kids can recommend any book for review--and they can volunteer to be on the review board. There's no need to make a big stunt out of it--there's a process in place to handle the issue.

+1
I agree with this.

+1. I am an FCPS secondary librarian. I read book reviews really carefully and will read anything that looks questionable when it arrives or in the case of a graphic novel, try to read any preview pages provided before ordering. With that said, every once in awhile, reviews will not mention a sex scene. I am grateful to parents and students who bring books to my attention. I am perfectly fine with a book going through the book challenge process. I am not fine with people circumventing what I think is a fair and formalized process by screaming at a school board meeting.

Which book, if any, have you not approved of?