Substitutes - Hyattsville

[Anonymous]

My child is at HES. DC's teacher has been out about once every other week the entire year it seems. I know because my child tells me and also because I don't get a Class Dojo update that day. Today the teacher is out again, and was out yesterday as well.
I have reached out to the principal and have not received a response. What is going on?!

[Anonymous]

Its really none of your business. Teachers are human too and if they have the days, they have the days.

[Anonymous]

It is my business as it is my child. How absurd to say it's none of my business.
My child has been put in an upper grade classroom- doing who knows what- every time the teacher is out. Which by the way the teacher hasn't been there a full week since school started.
So YES it IS my business.

[Anonymous]

And apparently this is a systemic problem with hundreds of teachers out in PGCPS. This is EVERY parent's problem.

[Anonymous]

Gee wonder why test scores are an issue when teachers are never there to actually teach.

[Anonymous]

You can ask the Principal but I seriously doubt you will get an answer because of HR/privacy issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is my business as it is my child. How absurd to say it's none of my business.
My child has been put in an upper grade classroom- doing who knows what- every time the teacher is out. Which by the way the teacher hasn't been there a full week since school started.
So YES it IS my business.

The fact that the school can't provide a sub is your business.

A teacher's medical information is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my business as it is my child. How absurd to say it's none of my business.
My child has been put in an upper grade classroom- doing who knows what- every time the teacher is out. Which by the way the teacher hasn't been there a full week since school started.
So YES it IS my business.

The fact that the school can't provide a sub is your business.

A teacher's medical information is not.

Who asked for medical information?? I don't care why the teacher is out - although eyebrows are raised when you can't work a full week.
I care about the children and the learning environment.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher and have known teachers who are out often. If it's once a week throughout the year then most likely there's a health issue going on either with the teacher or a member of her family. I've known teachers who have to have weekly infusions due to autoimmune disorders, teachers who have gone through chemo, etc.

Are you saying there are never subs when the teacher is out and the children in the class are dispersed among other classes? Every time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its really none of your business. Teachers are human too and if they have the days, they have the days.

Why do people automatically jump to this? My son's teacher was out for over a month earlier this year without any sort of communication from the school. The initial response was that they couldn't give out her personal info. No one ever asked for her personal info - we were interested in a)who the sub was and b) reassurance that the curriculum was being taught was planned.

If this teacher is out on a regular basis, the least the school could do is let parents know what is happening on those days. Will there be a sub? Will the kids go to a different teacher's class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its really none of your business. Teachers are human too and if they have the days, they have the days.

Why do people automatically jump to this? My son's teacher was out for over a month earlier this year without any sort of communication from the school. The initial response was that they couldn't give out her personal info. No one ever asked for her personal info - we were interested in a)who the sub was and b) reassurance that the curriculum was being taught was planned.

If this teacher is out on a regular basis, the least the school could do is let parents know what is happening on those days. Will there be a sub? Will the kids go to a different teacher's class?

OP here. Thank you! That is exactly my sentiments. The school should communicate with the parents of the students in the class. Be proactive. Let parents know their children are still in a learning environment and on task with the curriculum. If there are special circumstances in which children are going to completely different grade levels, be up front and tell the parents. Why would you wait until parents find out and are alarmed??? Especially in a school system who has seen less than stellar results. You would think being more proactive, not less, would be on the forefront of the administration.

[Anonymous]

Then perhaps you should be more clear in your question "what's going on?". That suggests you're curious as to why the teacher is out. That part is none of your business, as it is likely personal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then perhaps you should be more clear in your question "what's going on?". That suggests you're curious as to why the teacher is out. That part is none of your business, as it is likely personal.

I followed up and provided additional information. Why jump to conclusions? Is it really that hard to be helpful and not a troll?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its really none of your business. Teachers are human too and if they have the days, they have the days.

Why do people automatically jump to this? My son's teacher was out for over a month earlier this year without any sort of communication from the school. The initial response was that they couldn't give out her personal info. No one ever asked for her personal info - we were interested in a)who the sub was and b) reassurance that the curriculum was being taught was planned.

If this teacher is out on a regular basis, the least the school could do is let parents know what is happening on those days. Will there be a sub? Will the kids go to a different teacher's class?

OP here. Thank you! That is exactly my sentiments. The school should communicate with the parents of the students in the class. Be proactive. Let parents know their children are still in a learning environment and on task with the curriculum. If there are special circumstances in which children are going to completely different grade levels, be up front and tell the parents. Why would you wait until parents find out and are alarmed??? Especially in a school system who has seen less than stellar results. You would think being more proactive, not less, would be on the forefront of the administration.

I think that communication with parents is a weak point at many of the PGCPS. Class Dojo has helped. The robocalls have helped but often things are announced late and it's not clear how big of an event it is going to be. I'm not sure how to fix it but it would be something that they could work on for sure.