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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except that all schools had trouble filling in with subs before the break - where do you think they are magically going to come from to cover for those teachers? Schools were already doubling up for classes, eliminating planning periods for teachers as they covered for their peers.  [/quote]

Why didn’t Central Office work during winter break to hire additional staff? There were new graduates as colleges held winter commencements. Perhaps new graduates would help fill the substitute rolls or permanent hires.

Oh yeh - Dr. McKnight gave administrators an extra week of vacation. That was more important than dealing with staffing shortages and developing a current plan for the impact of a new COVID variant. [/quote]
No one is applying over winter break.  :roll: [/quote]

And gee, I wonder why new grads aren’t rushing to jump into total chaos and Omicron soup NOW NOW NOW.

What a mystery.  :roll: [/quote]

What are you talking about? You’re spamming this board with incoherent hysteria. [/quote]

Really it again, slower this time, for comprehension.[/quote]

*Read, obviously. Ugh, Autocorrect.

Here, let me help you, using smaller words this time.

PP demanded to know why schools didn't just magically "hire new grads" who graduated in December so they could staff COVID vacancies.

Leaving aside the fact that these vacancies are temporary while teachers and staff are sick, and that there's no way in hell new December grads would be magically onboarded by January 3rd anyway, what is needed to address the immediate crisis is subs, and lots of them. Omicron is spreading faster than measles. Teachers are having other classes dumped into their classes, so both learning and classroom management is impossible. They get no breaks or planning periods because they're being used to plug holes. Student behavior is abysmal this year even at the best of times, which these are decidedly not. Sub pay is *laughable* and spending 6-7 hours a day indoors with children who don't mask correctly or wear useless comfy masks, greatly increases everyone's risk of getting COVID.

So why aren't "new grads" and existing subs beating down the doors to jump into this mess? Gee, I can't imagine.

Glad you're caught up now.[/quote]

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