Teachers absent for days before winter break

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W cluster parents are exhausting- signed a W cluster teacher

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t MCPS have some kind of policy about teachers taking planned leave right before a break? Multiple of my kid’s teachers at Pyle were already gone on vacation yesterday or have announced they will be gone Monday and Tuesday.

I get having easy/review lessons or even playing movies, but to be already gone on vacation seems unprofessional.

Are you just a stay at home mommy? Stay in your lane.

Jealous that you have to work? Stay in your lane.

No reason why a teacher cannot travel at Christmas, but it does seem a bit absurd to take an entire week off given there is a longer holiday. We have several teachers out frequently and it ends up being they don't get through the curriculum.

+1 to the bolded. What makes it absurd is how much time teachers already get off. Even if you don't count the summer, the breaks during the year are about as much time as most people get off in a 12 month job. That's fine, but it feels like a very minimal expectation to say you need to be there on the days students are, unless you're sick. If my office were about to close for two weeks, I wouldn't be allowed to take the two days before that off. My boss and clients would object.

My family and my health will ALWAYS come first. I know we like to martyr our teachers because they should care more about their students than their own families, but many of us increasingly are putting ourselves first. And that’s a good thing because it’ll keep us from spectacularly burning out like so many of our colleagues before us.

Going to work on your scheduled days doesn't make you a martyr. You get two weeks off for Christmas which is more than most of us. It won't hurt your family or your health to go to work.

I have leave that I’m allowed to take, just like you. If I choose to take 2 days off to visit a relative, I’m going to do that without feeling guilty.

I also won’t feel guilty for getting holidays off. I give my job almost every single Saturday and Sunday, so I’ll take this holiday time to recharge without feeling bad about it.

[Anonymous]

As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Your response is to slam mothers?

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Your response is to slam mothers?

Mothers who slam their kid’s teachers for taking off 2 days before winter break 100% deserve to be called out.

Teachers are also mothers! So what if they want to take their deserved vacation this Monday and Tuesday? My son’s teachers at Pyle are outstanding educators are human beings and we are so lucky to have them in our lives. Teachers tend burn out because it’s parents like you who make their lives miserable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

+1 not a Pyle parent (in another W cluster) but am also horrified/mortified by this whole post.

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Your response is to slam mothers?

Mothers who slam their kid’s teachers for taking off 2 days before winter break 100% deserve to be called out.

Teachers are also mothers! So what if they want to take their deserved vacation this Monday and Tuesday? My son’s teachers at Pyle are outstanding educators are human beings and we are so lucky to have them in our lives. Teachers tend burn out because it’s parents like you who make their lives miserable

If they're mothers shouldn't their kids be in school? My kids are in school Monday and Tuesday.

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Your response is to slam mothers?

Mothers who slam their kid’s teachers for taking off 2 days before winter break 100% deserve to be called out.

Teachers are also mothers! So what if they want to take their deserved vacation this Monday and Tuesday? My son’s teachers at Pyle are outstanding educators are human beings and we are so lucky to have them in our lives. Teachers tend burn out because it’s parents like you who make their lives miserable

If they're mothers shouldn't their kids be in school? My kids are in school Monday and Tuesday.

Would you like an award for never ever taking your kids out of school for a family vacation?

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Why slam SAHMs? Seems like plenty of WOHMs complaining that they don’t get two weeks off at Christmas so why should teachers?

Or do you like fighting the mommy wars all over again?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t MCPS have some kind of policy about teachers taking planned leave right before a break? Multiple of my kid’s teachers at Pyle were already gone on vacation yesterday or have announced they will be gone Monday and Tuesday.

I get having easy/review lessons or even playing movies, but to be already gone on vacation seems unprofessional.

Are you just a stay at home mommy? Stay in your lane.

Jealous that you have to work? Stay in your lane.

No reason why a teacher cannot travel at Christmas, but it does seem a bit absurd to take an entire week off given there is a longer holiday. We have several teachers out frequently and it ends up being they don't get through the curriculum.

+1 to the bolded. What makes it absurd is how much time teachers already get off. Even if you don't count the summer, the breaks during the year are about as much time as most people get off in a 12 month job. That's fine, but it feels like a very minimal expectation to say you need to be there on the days students are, unless you're sick. If my office were about to close for two weeks, I wouldn't be allowed to take the two days before that off. My boss and clients would object.

My family and my health will ALWAYS come first. I know we like to martyr our teachers because they should care more about their students than their own families, but many of us increasingly are putting ourselves first. And that’s a good thing because it’ll keep us from spectacularly burning out like so many of our colleagues before us.

Going to work on your scheduled days doesn't make you a martyr. You get two weeks off for Christmas which is more than most of us. It won't hurt your family or your health to go to work.

10 month teachers don’t get annual leave. We get winter break and spring break instead. Whomever said teachers get a lot of leave probably works from home with a flexible schedule and doesn’t even have to use the leave that they’re allotted. Eye roll.

Before someone mentions summer “break” that is unpaid leave!! We have to put money aside to use during the summer. We don’t get year round pay in MCPS (other counties do).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Your response is to slam mothers?

Mothers who slam their kid’s teachers for taking off 2 days before winter break 100% deserve to be called out.

Teachers are also mothers! So what if they want to take their deserved vacation this Monday and Tuesday? My son’s teachers at Pyle are outstanding educators are human beings and we are so lucky to have them in our lives. Teachers tend burn out because it’s parents like you who make their lives miserable

If they're mothers shouldn't their kids be in school? My kids are in school Monday and Tuesday.

Not if they live in another district or their children are in daycare and it’s closed Monday & Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a current Pyle parent I am horrified by this post. Teachers are human beings just like everyone else and entitled to their leave. Stay in your lane SAHM. If you’re that concerned your kid won’t get a quality education because their teacher took a well deserved vacation a couple of days before winter break, you’re out of your mind.

Why slam SAHMs? Seems like plenty of WOHMs complaining that they don’t get two weeks off at Christmas so why should teachers?

Or do you like fighting the mommy wars all over again?

Oh not all SAHMs, only the ones like OP (who hate on their kid’s teachers for doing things that normal human beings do and accuse working moms of being jealous). Like I said before, my son is so lucky to have fabulous teachers at Pyle. I will gladly take on any parent, working or not, who comes for my son’s teachers

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t MCPS have some kind of policy about teachers taking planned leave right before a break? Multiple of my kid’s teachers at Pyle were already gone on vacation yesterday or have announced they will be gone Monday and Tuesday.

I get having easy/review lessons or even playing movies, but to be already gone on vacation seems unprofessional.

Are you just a stay at home mommy? Stay in your lane.

Jealous that you have to work? Stay in your lane.

No reason why a teacher cannot travel at Christmas, but it does seem a bit absurd to take an entire week off given there is a longer holiday. We have several teachers out frequently and it ends up being they don't get through the curriculum.

+1 to the bolded. What makes it absurd is how much time teachers already get off. Even if you don't count the summer, the breaks during the year are about as much time as most people get off in a 12 month job. That's fine, but it feels like a very minimal expectation to say you need to be there on the days students are, unless you're sick. If my office were about to close for two weeks, I wouldn't be allowed to take the two days before that off. My boss and clients would object.

My family and my health will ALWAYS come first. I know we like to martyr our teachers because they should care more about their students than their own families, but many of us increasingly are putting ourselves first. And that’s a good thing because it’ll keep us from spectacularly burning out like so many of our colleagues before us.

Going to work on your scheduled days doesn't make you a martyr. You get two weeks off for Christmas which is more than most of us. It won't hurt your family or your health to go to work.

10 month teachers don’t get annual leave. We get winter break and spring break instead. Whomever said teachers get a lot of leave probably works from home with a flexible schedule and doesn’t even have to use the leave that they’re allotted. Eye roll.

Before someone mentions summer “break” that is unpaid leave!! We have to put money aside to use during the summer. We don’t get year round pay in MCPS (other counties do).

I'm the one that said teachers get a lot of vacation, and I'm absolutely right (and, unlike teachers, I never worked from home). In ten months, you get as much as most people get in a year. Not counting the holidays most people get, this year MCPS teachers get:

Wednesday and Friday of the week of Thanksgiving
Six days at Christmas
Six days for Spring Break
Five additional non-instructional days

That's more than an average American gets in a year, but you get it in three quarters of the year. For working parents, lots of us use all or most of our leave for a 12 month job just keeping up with the days you get off during ten months. For us, it looks like you get plenty of leave without also jetting off for vacation early while our kids are expected to go to class.

[Anonymous]

Teachers are ordinary people. It is their rights to take PTO for whatever reasons (vacation, family matter, surgery/medical etc) as long as their administration approves. I am fine and kids are in holiday mood days in advance.

[Anonymous]

I’d rather have teachers take time off now. No actually learning is happening anyway.