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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless the teacher is negligent, which doesn’t seem to be the case, the real problem is with the system’s struggle to hire and retain quality substitutes. Sometimes difficult things happen in teachers’ lives, and we shouldn’t dump on them because their class isn’t covered adequately. Put the blame where it belongs. [/quote]

+1. When was the last time a parent went to a school board meeting and advocated for higher sub pay and asked what they're doing to attract and retain quality subs? Or heck, even emailed their local school board member? It was crickets from the OpenFCPS parents when they announced the lame " pay raise" that was supposed to solve the problem. I bet none of the people complaining have ever spoken up and probably wouldn't be willing to. [/quote]

I agree. Not a lot of parents go to board meetings and speak out about retaining teachers and hiring quality subs. Unfortunately, things will get worse over the next few years. I believe more teachers will be leaving after this year vs the year before. I personally think there should be a teacher rep on the school board. If there is a student one, there should be a teacher one. I have a gazillion ideas on how to retain teachers. [/quote]

There ARE teacher reps at school board meetings - the teacher's association either officially gets a spot on the speaking list, or has a trigger finger so that they are the first person to sign up to speak at every meeting. They are there. They either need to be more vocal, or teachers need to find better people to represent them.[/quote]

I meant on the actual school board. [/quote]

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