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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people don't want to work with children, they shouldn't have gotten a job with DC public schools. I'm all on board with central office staff working in classrooms. Up to and including the chancellor. [/quote]

You have an office job, right?  If your boss told you that the custodian, or a secretary, or the accountant was out sick and you were going to sub in for them, how would you feel about that?  Would you say that, if you didn't want to do accounting or empty trash cans you should not have taken a job at a company?  Of course not.

To be clear, I am not denigrating teachers or equating their role with that of custodians or accountants (although, their work is pretty damn important, too).  My only point is that your logic is absolutely bonkers.[/quote]

This logic doesn't pan out. In the CARES classroom they'll simply be supervising not teaching.

If someone told me I'd still be paid to just watch custodians clean in person...well that's pretty cushy.[/quote]

There is no such thing as "supervising" a classroom full of kids ages 3-6. I don't care if those kids are experiencing the highest quality DL education you could possibly conceive of. The person in charge of that classroom is a daycare teacher, qualified or not. You are going to be on your knees on the floor, talking those kids through crying jabs and meltdowns and negotiating sharing policies and everything else a daycare teacher does.

It will not be "cushy" and I sincerely hope, for the sake of everyone involved not least the kids, that the person is adequately paid and has the proper training for it.[/quote]

I agree. I hope DCPS can find some great people for these classrooms, but I’m not counting on it. Hopefully we’ll know more by the time they start offering CARES slots to families. [/quote]

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