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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to mention that teachers do not have to provide ANY documentation for sick leave unless they want to take 3 sick days in a row. It hardly matters that they only have 3 personal days a year because they can totally use sick days as personal days and no one says boo to them. Teachers at my school absolutely can and do (regularly) use sick days to go out of town for a long weekend and do not even try to hide it.[/quote]

You’re right. We take it and enjoy it. File a lawsuit. [/quote]

DP.  I just do understand why you post things like this? This is how the teaching profession appears to parents and then we are chided when we are concerned about the impact of teacher absences. You want respect, but sound unprofessional. [/quote]

DP. Look to the root of the absences and try to address that.

Root: 
Teachers are burned out. They have a life.

Solution: 
Pay more for subs to cover teachers and give teachers more PTO. Teachers are happier. Kids have better quality subs. It's a better outcome for everyone.

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Sorry, I don't agree. Well, I agree with part of what you are saying which is that we need more support for teachers to prevent burnout, which should include the availability of qualified subs who are not simply babysitting during teacher absences. If there's not a qualified person available to step in to teach the class in a way that the kids don't suffer, then it's unprofessional to use sick leave for family vacations.

I wanted to clarify the above by saying the need for greater support for teachers is a systemic problem, not the responsibility of individual teachers. When workers get burned out in any profession, the work suffers. The same is true for parents. When you are taking off or finding childcare for many school closures, work days, and grading days, it's harder to feel sympathetic when teachers take off for family vacations during the school year.

But no, it is not bullying to express concern about whether generous leave for teachers is good for kids. [/quote]

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