Mark Seagraves confirms the Nov 2nd Sick Out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

I hope you lose your job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

This is possibly the worst defense of the sick day one could possibly imagine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

Wow so brave. What a brave way to strike...which is illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

At least you aren’t pretending to care about the students. Refreshing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

This is possibly the worst defense of the sick day one could possibly imagine.

No, no, no. This is very compelling.

PP, please go on the local news and repeat this word-for-word.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good news!

I’m a parent, and I stand with the teachers.

DCPS Central Office and the Chancellor need to get their house in order, take a pause, ENGAGE parents and teachers, and aim to reopen with a real, safe, plan in Feb.

Thank you. You have no idea how much your support means. We support you and your family too! We are here for you and will be advocating for you and your families.

No you don't. Your stupid plan targets children and families instead of management. How do you people have no idea how to conduct a strike?

Dear previous teacher poster,
Please know that 1,000 DCPS parents signed this letter of solidarity with you.

ONE THOUSAND. In just a few days.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEj2ex2OnG8RNLlt_6htHHNg8v6KKydXrVefwRE6kxyLDmGQ/closedform

There’s a lot of conservatives out there who want to damage public schools and damage unions, because a few rightwing billionaires can make money by privatizing education. And this opinion, for whatever reason, is overrepresented on DCUM.

Parents are with the teachers. DCPS has no good options because of Republicans mismanaging the pandemic.
But parents all know you’re trying hard.

Real DCPS parents reading this thread, I encourage you to send a note to your teachers now talking about what you’re happy about with their teaching, and saying you support them.

(I’m sure we’ll get more anti-union, anti-teacher replies to this. Ignore them!)

Ya, I signed it with the name “Stupid Petition”.

I wouldn’t brag about your 1000 signatures....

This letter was shipped around our neighborhood listserv by someone whose only comment about it was that a change it teacher would be catastrophic. These parents do not care about your/our safety they care about themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As an MCPS parent, I support the sick-out, but only because this will help to further decrease public support for teachers and their unions.

Who TF cares? Why are you even here??

Again, to lend my support. Please do your sick-out. Maybe extend it to a week.

Extend it forever. Quit your jobs, so we can stop paying the shitty teachers who don't care about kids and aren't doing their jobs in the first place.

You think these teachers are shitty? Wait till you see the ones lined up in the queue they didn’t hire

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

I hope you lose your job.

I won’t because I’m on paid leave for the next few months. Anyway, I was just answering the question why we don’t do the other things.

[Anonymous]

Well we got notified today that our teacher is taking a mental health day tomorrow. But the teacher didn’t send the email; a class parent did. I feel like the fact that the teacher didn’t send the email themselves shows they know there’s something ethically wrong with it. It’s just disappointing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well we got notified today that our teacher is taking a mental health day tomorrow. But the teacher didn’t send the email; a class parent did. I feel like the fact that the teacher didn’t send the email themselves shows they know there’s something ethically wrong with it. It’s just disappointing.

It really hurts when you find out that your own teachers don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well we got notified today that our teacher is taking a mental health day tomorrow. But the teacher didn’t send the email; a class parent did. I feel like the fact that the teacher didn’t send the email themselves shows they know there’s something ethically wrong with it. It’s just disappointing.

ew that’s really gross. I think I would have been even more angry if the class mom sent it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

I hope you lose your job.

I won’t because I’m on paid leave for the next few months. Anyway, I was just answering the question why we don’t do the other things.

My kid’s teacher is out on paid leave until early January. I really hope you’re not her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely curious - how do teachers stick it to management without some sort of effect on students and families? Is it possible? Would it be doing a sickout on a records day or a PD day? I for one would have lived a direct message from my kid’s teacher if they are not going to be online tomorrow but not sure if it’s appropriate. It’s hard not to feel like all that happens is a disruption to kids.

Not fulfilling important administrative duties, sick out on a PD day, not performing standardized testing which gives the school important data, etc. There are ways to affect management without doing this dumb and illegal sickout. But they chose the option that is most harmful to students and has little or no effect on management.

Sick days are a right we have to take. Not doing important duties impacts my job. Not doing PD day makes more work for me. Not doing standardized testing could probably result in my license being revoked. Taking a sick day? Doesn’t impact me at all in a negative way. The others do.

I hope you lose your job.

I won’t because I’m on paid leave for the next few months. Anyway, I was just answering the question why we don’t do the other things.

[Anonymous]

We got an email too about teacher being out tomorrow. DCPS is a complete circus. Does the chancellor have any control? What is he getting paid $$$ for? What a joke!