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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To fix this problem, we need NOVA tax dollars to stay in NOVA and be allocated to the school district for teacher and sub hiring and retention.  If parents want quality schools, we need to put our money where our mouth is.  We also need to make changes so that teaching is an attractive job that highly qualified people want.  Until that happens, this problem will continue.[/quote]

THIS!!!!!![/quote]

Of course this is true. But at the same time, all of you who are attacking OP due to her concern about stability in her child's classroom are reinforcing the message that standards of professionalism applicable to other professions don't apply in education. That does nothing to elicit support for spending more money on things like teacher salaries. We should expect teachers to have good attendance and have qualified substitutes where leave has been granted. If there are systemic reasons standing in the way of those things, we need to improve. Telling a parent that's the way it is, leave is leave regardless of whether a professional's job is being performed, etc. undermines public view of teaching as a profession. No individual teachers should be blamed, but in a perfect world, we should want our kids' teachers to be with them as much as possible. That's not a bad thing.[/quote]

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