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[quote=Anonymous][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'm the PP who said parents need to be more vocal. This is not about the teacher's association. That's a separate issue. This is about whether the parents who are complaining would actually be willing to stand up and speak to the issue or even fire off a quick email asking what is being done to address the sub shortage or the teacher exodus. If not, I'd like to know the reasons why especially if these parents were lobbying to get schools back in person ASAP. [/quote]

I co-wrote a parent speech to the school board about the need for sub hiring back in fall, in anticipation of the Covid wave (that happened) this winter. The school board nodded along and the district...eventually had a sub job fair in January.

Parents being vocal at the school board meetings doesn't move the needle in FCPS, unfortunately. Not about this, not about high quality curriculum, not about Covid, not about much of anything. Parents are so frustrated because even when we organize and make our voices heard we are ignored.[/quote]

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