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I am both a teacher and a parent.  I teach at a private school but send my kids to public (I can’t justify the cost to send them to my school even with the significant discount).  Anyway, we didn’t shut down for the 7 weeks FCPS did in March/April 2020.  I kept working while my kids were off for seven weeks.  It was maddening.

My kids aren’t behind because I supplement significantly at home but many of their peers are way behind what I am teaching my students.  The time off, the virtual learning, the stress of the pandemic have all taken a hard toll on kids.

I am embarrassed by how others in this profession are behaving.
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Or, perhaps….super upper class kids are inoculated from the systemic issues that Title 1 public schools are facing, and teachers are having to play teacher, catch-up tutor, counselor and mental health therapist, public health expert, and substitute teachers?

I’m a parent, but super suspicious of any argument that easily casts teachers as the reason why everything is so awful.

And to another poster, while yes, the article said districts are “hoarding” federal covid money, I think it missed the point that schools are recruiting — to no avail. CM Henderson has been asking DCPS about being wildly off-track from where they need to be in order fill the staffing gaps. You can’t just MAKE an educator — one has to exist and be willing to take the job in our district versus other competing districts.

Sudden closures have significant impacts on families in the most precarious situations — so I don’t support that — but it doesn’t mean that teachers are seriously under-resourced. This is not sustainable for teachers, and as a parent who wants to see schools retain good teachers, I want to see my school address it so more teachers don’t leave.[/quote]

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