Teacher resignation in Arlington Schools very high this year?

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Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.



So you personally know the risk status and underlying health condition of every APS teacher and NONE of them are high risk for COVID? Right.

NP.
It amazes me that the poster above thinks it's okay to project their very limited experience with APS teachers (which does sound unfortunate and not the norm) onto literally thousands of APS employees who work at about 45 schools across the county, and assume that ALL of them didn't go back, are lazy, owe them a personal apology, etc. Please, PP, control your anger and get your facts straight. I would have more sympathy for you and what happened with your child if you weren't so quick to attack the entire school system.

If you read my actual post I was not projecting onto anyone. I was the one who gave two examples. I did zero projecting. All I said is that there are parents who had real problems with APS administration and certain teachers during the pandemic and vilifying those parents and their concerns isn't fair. Instead I was called a loser because I didn't quit my job to volunteer in a classroom (when APS wasn't even allowing volunteers?).

No, you didn't give two examples. You used hyperbolic language, called teachers names, refused to give evidence, and basically shat on teachers. I agree with the poster who called you a loser.

You really need to work on your reading comprehension because that does not reflect what was posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

So you personally know the risk status and underlying health condition of every APS teacher and NONE of them are high risk for COVID? Right.

So your position is that any APS teacher has concerns about illness they should be allowed to teach their students virtually? No actual documentation of risk or disability, but pure concern that vaccines don't work is enough? Because that was the complaint. APS allowed teachers post-vaccination to stay virtual and not return to the classroom in March 2021 with hybrid students because they didn't believe vaccines were effective.

Bullshit. You have no idea why teachers may have stayed virtual.

Get help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.



So you personally know the risk status and underlying health condition of every APS teacher and NONE of them are high risk for COVID? Right.

NP.
It amazes me that the poster above thinks it's okay to project their very limited experience with APS teachers (which does sound unfortunate and not the norm) onto literally thousands of APS employees who work at about 45 schools across the county, and assume that ALL of them didn't go back, are lazy, owe them a personal apology, etc. Please, PP, control your anger and get your facts straight. I would have more sympathy for you and what happened with your child if you weren't so quick to attack the entire school system.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

So you personally know the risk status and underlying health condition of every APS teacher and NONE of them are high risk for COVID? Right.

So your position is that any APS teacher has concerns about illness they should be allowed to teach their students virtually? No actual documentation of risk or disability, but pure concern that vaccines don't work is enough? Because that was the complaint. APS allowed teachers post-vaccination to stay virtual and not return to the classroom in March 2021 with hybrid students because they didn't believe vaccines were effective.

Bullshit. You have no idea why teachers may have stayed virtual.

Get help.

The example was for my child's teacher. I spoke with her. I know her reasoning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

Time to step away from the internet. I'm sorry your kid had a dud teacher. My kid's teachers did the very best they could and were not responsible for decisions made at the administrative level. It's not helpful to try to hold all teachers personally responsible for district level decisions made 1.5-2 years ago. Was it an ideal situation? No. Should some things been done differently? Probably. Can you do anything about it now? NOPE. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

[
choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

Time to step away from the internet. I'm sorry your kid had a dud teacher. My kid's teachers did the very best they could and were not responsible for decisions made at the administrative level. It's not helpful to try to hold all teachers personally responsible for district level decisions made 1.5-2 years ago. Was it an ideal situation? No. Should some things been done differently? Probably. Can you do anything about it now? NOPE. Let it go.

There is more than one poster on this thread. This didn't come from the poser who gave two examples. It's a NP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

[
choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

[
choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

It varied by school and principal. APS lets every school do their own thing. Your experience doesn't negate mine.

One big APS issue is that if you have an issue you can approach your school's principal, but the buck stops there. Syphax will do nothing if your principal makes difference choices than the rest of APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

[
choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

No. I am high school. I was back four days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

It varied by school and principal. APS lets every school do their own thing. Your experience doesn't negate mine.

One big APS issue is that if you have an issue you can approach your school's principal, but the buck stops there. Syphax will do nothing if your principal makes difference choices than the rest of APS.

Then name the school.

The problem here is you have loud angry people who are saying "yes all APS teachers" when it was a much smaller amount tied to specific schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

[
choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

It varied by school and principal. APS lets every school do their own thing. Your experience doesn't negate mine.

One big APS issue is that if you have an issue you can approach your school's principal, but the buck stops there. Syphax will do nothing if your principal makes difference choices than the rest of APS.

Then name the school.

The problem here is you have loud angry people who are saying "yes all APS teachers" when it was a much smaller amount tied to specific schools

Everyone knows Cleve is the one that went rogue. Everyone knows Glebe is the one that went rogue hey

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Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

It varied by school and principal. APS lets every school do their own thing. Your experience doesn't negate mine.

One big APS issue is that if you have an issue you can approach your school's principal, but the buck stops there. Syphax will do nothing if your principal makes difference choices than the rest of APS.

Then name the school.

The problem here is you have loud angry people who are saying "yes all APS teachers" when it was a much smaller amount tied to specific schools

No one is yelling all APS teachers. We're yelling that APS admin didnt do its job. Principals were expected to develop their own health and safety measures. They were allowed to come up with their own personnel policies and staffing. They set the tone for what was expected from teachers. They were expected to make decisions well beyond their core competency and when they got it wrong Syphax and the school board ignored the problem.

You want to know one school with major issues? Glebe. It's also the home school for many SMART Restart parents so the principal was heavily lobbied. It led to totally wacky covid policies.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

There is a huge difference between being in a hospital room with one ill patient for 10-15 minutes at a time, and being in a room with 30 unvaccinated children for 7 hours at a time. In a room with 30 unvaccinated children for 7 hours in a room that has poor ventilation and windows that don't open. When your health care work conditions come close to what you expected teachers to do, then we can talk. Until then, sit down and keep your math closed.

Umm, I'm assuming this is a parody of an unhinged 'APS never does anything wrong' poster, right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when a majority of teachers refused to go to work in the fall 2020?

These are not model employees. They've shown 0 regrets about the damage they caused kids, especially the most disadvantaged.

I wish all who refused to work leave and don't let the door hit them on the way out. They've done enough damage to our public school system and should retire or find a new career.

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choose a number between 1 and 6

Parent here. This comic is SO accurate. Parents, seriously, this is how you came off. So many parents had such a disturbing response during the crisis and an absolute disregard for the safety of our teachers.

As a counterpoint, there were some teachers in APS and teacher who didnt do their job during the pandemic. The parent angst isn't entirely misplaced. Two examples:

My daughter's teacher refused to return to the classroom in Spring 2021 after she was fully vaccinated. My daughter would go in 2 days a week for hybrid and be taught by iPad because her teacher "felt unsafe." Basically she didn't believe that the vaccine worked. For a little kid who couldn't learn virtually, it was a super tough blow not to get in person instruction even after APS "reopened."

We also had issues during virtual. There would be a full class of 7 yos on Teams and the specials teacher literally wouldn't sign in some days. She would "forget' she had class. It happened many times over the year and was never addressed by the administration despite complaints.

I could go on with more examples of significant issues, but will stop.

Did some teachers work really hard and do their best? Yes, absolutely. Did some take advantage of the lack of supervision and chaos? Yes. We're some irrational about returning to the classroom to the detriment of students? Yes.

Were there issues with shitty parents? Yes, but there were also issues with shitty teachers. If you were lucky enough not to run into issues, then great for you. For those who had issues, they were likely never addressed by the administration and those parents are still likely peeved. Myself included. I lost a lot of faith in APS.

If a teacher didn't feel safe, then she/he shouldn't have come in. If you felt safe going in then you should have volunteered as a monitor. You didn't. Guess in your mind it was okay for the teacher to risk her life but not okay for you to risk yours. Loser. No wonder your kid is having problems.

I have a job working in healthcare. I was working tons of hours in person even before I was vaccinated.

No APS teacher was risking their life post-vaccine and with masks in spring 2021. That's ridiculous.

What the hell are you talking about? We went back in March. Let it go.

After they were first in line for the vaccine. Can’t have it both ways. You skip the line. Go the F back to work.

They went back for 2 freaking days a week. Not even close to an adequate education. But I’m sure your snowflake was fine.

This is false. From March 2021 to June 2021 I was teaching concurrently between two groups of hybrid students and my entire virtual group on site 4 days a week, the exact amount of time my administrators gave us, and every single colleague at my site did the same.

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Yeah - teachers were back 4 days in person.

Teacher hating parent can't do math. Hopefully that person isn't in charge of medications.