DHMS Theater Program

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

There’s a stipend for directing the play

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

It’s not just about the time though, it’s a very specialized position. I’m a sub. No way would know where to start with a production at the level that APS parents expect. FWIW, I sub to make extra cash for vacations. I have no formal training. I’m not alone in that. A sub is not a true replacement for a teacher, especially for these specialized positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

There’s a stipend for directing the play

It’s not that generous. The stipends for most after school activities are low

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

There’s a stipend for directing the play

It’s not that generous. The stipends for most after school activities are low

It’s around $3,500

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

There’s a stipend for directing the play

It’s not that generous. The stipends for most after school activities are low

It’s around $3,500

Over the course of an entire year and the hundreds of hours put into theatre productions, $3500 is not that generous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is messed up is APS not being transparent about this at all.

How’s that?

Teacher is out on leave. They can replace as the position is protected legally.

What more do you want to know?

What are you talking about they get subs and keep offering classes when teachers are out on FMLA.

A sub who can run an entire theatrical/musical production ? No.

My kids are at a different school but are really into theatre so I know how many long after school hours the theatre teacher puts in. I doubt she's compensated for all that time. There's no way a low paid sub would ever do that. Why would they?

There’s a stipend for directing the play

It’s not that generous. The stipends for most after school activities are low

It’s around $3,500

Over the course of an entire year and the hundreds of hours put into theatre productions, $3500 is not that generous.

If you have young children, $3500 would not even pay for the extra childcare you would need to run these activities.

[Anonymous]

Substitutes cannot work outside of contracted/scheduled hours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They share the teacher with Gunston. She is on personal leave. No word on when she’s back. I found her to be a lazy teacher

Lazy? She ran two completely different shows at two different schools with all the after school effort that involved. On top of teaching classes and getting kids into the theatre program.

How did this work though?

At Swanson the show rehearses daily after school beginning in January and the show is in May. They can only keep them until the late buses in middle school so rehearsal time is pretty short and they tend to go much longer in timeframe over months than a high school production.

Does she do one in the fall and one the spring? What teacher would be willing to do this? It is so much work for them.

[Anonymous]

Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

What leave does APS offer that is a full school year?

Per the posted policy, FMLA is 12 weeks. Short term leave without pay is limited to 20 days per school year. Workers comp leave is limited to 7 days. Etc.

Longer leaves don't require APS to hold the position so it should be backfilled with a permanent hire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

What leave does APS offer that is a full school year?

Per the posted policy, FMLA is 12 weeks. Short term leave without pay is limited to 20 days per school year. Workers comp leave is limited to 7 days. Etc.

Longer leaves don't require APS to hold the position so it should be backfilled with a permanent hire.

How do you know the details of how long this teacher is out for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

What leave does APS offer that is a full school year?

Per the posted policy, FMLA is 12 weeks. Short term leave without pay is limited to 20 days per school year. Workers comp leave is limited to 7 days. Etc.

Longer leaves don't require APS to hold the position so it should be backfilled with a permanent hire.

How do you know the details of how long this teacher is out for?

I am not this poster but I think people are assuming the teacher is out all year because there is no drama class offered at DHMS this year. She or he is not coming back in 12 weeks if there are no kids enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

What leave does APS offer that is a full school year?

Per the posted policy, FMLA is 12 weeks. Short term leave without pay is limited to 20 days per school year. Workers comp leave is limited to 7 days. Etc.

Longer leaves don't require APS to hold the position so it should be backfilled with a permanent hire.

How do you know the details of how long this teacher is out for?

I am not this poster but I think people are assuming the teacher is out all year because there is no drama class offered at DHMS this year. She or he is not coming back in 12 weeks if there are no kids enrolled.

Yes this thread is full of assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no teacher should be out for the whole year. That's not how leave works. There should be able to be a fall or spring production.

Says you?

What leave does APS offer that is a full school year?

Per the posted policy, FMLA is 12 weeks. Short term leave without pay is limited to 20 days per school year. Workers comp leave is limited to 7 days. Etc.

Longer leaves don't require APS to hold the position so it should be backfilled with a permanent hire.

Complaining about it here isn't going to help. Get other parents at your school involved if you want a theatre teacher at your school this year.