Can we hear from the teachers please?

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Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

14-16 hour days? Give me a break. One of my neighbors is a MCPS teacher and I see her out walking her dog multiple times a day. What could they possibly be doing for that much time with so little actual class time.

Class time is only one part of what teachers do. There are days that I got up at 6 to do Special Ed paperwork, had 2 meetings before school, taught 2 classes, worked through lunch with students who needed individual support, taught another class, had another meeting, hosted a club, and then graded until 11 pm with just a half an hour for dinner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

Must be nice to be able to quit your job with nothing else lined up!

Luckily, people still have 5 weeks and I know teachers who are interviewing during lunch and getting offers.

If teachers have other options besides teaching in MCPS that work better for them, they should take them. Vote with your feet.

I agree. But in reality, we all know this is an empty threat. This threat happened at almost every district that returned, and spoiler alert: there were enough teachers left to teach.

I think any teacher that leaves for a private sector job is in for a rude awakening. Whenever their boss tells them they are needed for a weekend. Or whenever their job description changes. Or whenever their benefits package changes.

Most teachers I know already do work on the weekends. My friends who aren't teachers never work weekends and neither does my DH. He actually gets a pretty sweet per diem if he is traveling on a weekend for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truthfully, teachers don't know a whole lot more than you do. I'm a special education teacher, and my principal has shared what reopening might look like, and what teaching may look like. Nothing is set though. The board of education will be meeting 2/23 to make a decision. Hogan wants the school systems to open 3/1, but he can't mandate that for counties; only strongly encourage. The BoE had previously said re-opening would be pushed to 3/15. Nothing has changed yet on that front (it could at the 2/23 meeting, but I kind of doubt it). My personal opinion is yes, kids will be going back 3/15, with the specific aforementioned special ed groups and such starting then. I do think something could be decided at the 2/23 BoE meeting that would send teachers back 3/1 to give us time to set up rooms and spaces, figure out teaching schedules for those with classes split over two rooms, work on arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, bathroom/hallway procedures in the spaces as they've been set up.

We should all have a better idea after the 2/23 Board of Ed meeting.

And yes, I want to go back. I've had my first vaccine dose, and will hopefully have had my second next week.

Thought the meeting was 2/9?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

Must be nice to be able to quit your job with nothing else lined up!

Luckily, people still have 5 weeks and I know teachers who are interviewing during lunch and getting offers.

If teachers have other options besides teaching in MCPS that work better for them, they should take them. Vote with your feet.

I agree. But in reality, we all know this is an empty threat. This threat happened at almost every district that returned, and spoiler alert: there were enough teachers left to teach.

I think any teacher that leaves for a private sector job is in for a rude awakening. Whenever their boss tells them they are needed for a weekend. Or whenever their job description changes. Or whenever their benefits package changes.

All of those things have happened to teachers as well. I worked in the corporate world and decided to become a teacher. Realized it was a mistake and quit MCPS last summer to return to the corporate world, but with a different company. Truly the best decision ever.

LinkedIn has opened up many teachers’ eyes to positions outside of schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

It has nothing to do with teachers being special or not. Numbers in Montgomery County are higher than in other areas in the country. Even higher than other counties in Maryland.

FALSE! Why do you people sell these blatant lies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

14-16 hour days? Give me a break. One of my neighbors is a MCPS teacher and I see her out walking her dog multiple times a day. What could they possibly be doing for that much time with so little actual class time.

Interesting. If you see her out walking her dog many times a day, how does your job allow you to have time for this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

14-16 hour days? Give me a break. One of my neighbors is a MCPS teacher and I see her out walking her dog multiple times a day. What could they possibly be doing for that much time with so little actual class time.

14 -16 does seem like an exaggeration to me and I'm a teacher. That being said, during the month of October I tracked my hours down to 15 minute increments. I averaged 60 - 70 hours each week. One week it was 55 hours, but that was the least and it was because I spent Sunday attending a funeral instead of planning and grading.

Thank you for all you are doing. Please stop feeling like you have to justify your work to these people. They need to get a life and worry about themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

14-16 hour days? Give me a break. One of my neighbors is a MCPS teacher and I see her out walking her dog multiple times a day. What could they possibly be doing for that much time with so little actual class time.

Class time is only one part of what teachers do. There are days that I got up at 6 to do Special Ed paperwork, had 2 meetings before school, taught 2 classes, worked through lunch with students who needed individual support, taught another class, had another meeting, hosted a club, and then graded until 11 pm with just a half an hour for dinner.

So true. Stop trying to justify yourself to these people. They will never be satisfied. They live to hate teachers because they are miserable in their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

It has nothing to do with teachers being special or not. Numbers in Montgomery County are higher than in other areas in the country. Even higher than other counties in Maryland.

FALSE! Why do you people sell these blatant lies?

Do you know how to read? Montgomery has higher numbers than all other counties besides pg. Montgomery County has higher number than many other counties in the country. This is irrefutable. They're called facts, not opinions. Your assertion seems to be that we have as many or less than any other place in the country. Weird af.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

Well that was their choice

And they sound like idiots for accepting that kind of treatment.

Even DL teachers have been chumps since last September. Many were working 14-16 hour days and spending thousands of dollars of upgrading home technology in order to do the job their employer told them to do.

14-16 hour days? Give me a break. One of my neighbors is a MCPS teacher and I see her out walking her dog multiple times a day. What could they possibly be doing for that much time with so little actual class time.

Class time is only one part of what teachers do. There are days that I got up at 6 to do Special Ed paperwork, had 2 meetings before school, taught 2 classes, worked through lunch with students who needed individual support, taught another class, had another meeting, hosted a club, and then graded until 11 pm with just a half an hour for dinner.

So true. Stop trying to justify yourself to these people. They will never be satisfied. They live to hate teachers because they are miserable in their lives.

+1, if parents would do more and team with teachers (who are willing as not all are from our experience), maybe then things would be easier/better. Teachers cannot do it all.

[Anonymous]

Teacher have no more information than parents. What we know is going back revolves around numbers? So, help get the numbers down or stop complaining. It has nothing to do with teacher vaccines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher have no more information than parents. What we know is going back revolves around numbers? So, help get the numbers down or stop complaining. It has nothing to do with teacher vaccines.

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If so, they'd be the only district still looking at RTS this way. They'll come around, though...likely before the numbers do.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Keep hoping for an email with the vaccine appointment link but no luck yet and now who knows? They did say it could be 5 weeks before they get more and doses are very limited. No idea when we will have to go back. My school talked about vague plans but principal kept saying it is all subject to change. I work 6-7 days a week but this is my first year so it is a lot. Special Ed paperwork and meetings are overwhelming and take up so much time. I spend hours and hours on content planning but again it is my first year. DL is hard. I’m exhausted but it is hard as I always feel behind. At my school we are encouraged to spend a lot of time doing one on one appointments with students so that takes up a lot of time. I had always heard teaching is an intense job but never knew until this year how crazy it can get. I like the kids though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of thousands of teachers have been back in the classroom since August without a vaccine. What makes MCPS teachers so special?

It has nothing to do with teachers being special or not. Numbers in Montgomery County are higher than in other areas in the country. Even higher than other counties in Maryland.

FALSE! Why do you people sell these blatant lies?

Do you know how to read? Montgomery has higher numbers than all other counties besides pg. Montgomery County has higher number than many other counties in the country. This is irrefutable. They're called facts, not opinions. Your assertion seems to be that we have as many or less than any other place in the country. Weird af.

Of course, Montgomery County also has lower numbers than many other counties in the country...<---also a fact

[Anonymous]

Typically, any announcement made by MCPS, teachers will receive an email a few minutes after the parents.