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[quote=Anonymous]yeah

That's a bad situation.

It really does affect learning, as the kids lose so much from week to week.  Unfortunately, there's not much a principal can do. I know it took a year's worth of documentation to get rid of a colleague pulling that same crap.  She's now gone, but the effects of her absences are still there.  On the flip side, usually teachers who follow that route are not exactly the best either.  So it is a lose-lose in so many ways.

[quote=Anonymous]Sorry - this has hurt my DD in MS big time.  Both in 6th grade and 8th grade

Her Math teacher did not take a long leave of absence. What she did instead is take leave from day to day  and made an appearance every so often just for a day. so this allowed her not to go on long term leave. This went on for months after months after months. So the subs my DD got were on a daily basis...uninterested middle aged men with starbucks coffee cups and Sudoku books in hand.

Eventually - she went for long term leave and a very substandard long term sub was found.

The same teacher pulled the same stunt after 2 years again.

And in the summer she applied and got transferred to another MCPS MS.  Where I am sure she is doing the same thing.

Maybe she has a child or spouse who is severely ill at home...maybe something bad is in her life.  I have sympathy for whatever her situation may be in life...I just thought that this was a very horrible thing to do to her students.  Anyways,  Karma will come and bite her someday.

So - my answer to any situation where there is long term sub ...or prolonged use of short term sub is occurring is to transfer the child.

3 subject areas to be particularly vary about is Math, Science and Foreign Language.
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