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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 7th grade science teacher who didn't return from winter break has left their students with no science instruction for the past 3 weeks because the random subs who change daily are not providing any instruction. There have been no grades posted for this teacher's classes since the second week of the advisory and the grading period ends next week. No communication from administration and no clue if the kids will receive any science instruction for the rest of the school year. What a bust! [/quote]

Sorry, but you know, there is a pretty serious teacher shortage right now.[/quote]
Is there a shortage of the ability for the administration to communicate with parents? It would be nice to get some type of update from the school even if the update is just "sorry, we don't have a teacher right now. We're working on it."[/quote]

We got that message from Deal when our kid's sixth-grade science teacher decided to bail on the school about a week before it started this year, so they have sent those messages previously. But they were able to simply disperse all those teacher's students to other classes while they tried to hire another teacher. I'm guessing that's not so easy to do midyear. [/quote]

“Decided to bail” get a grip, there are 6 weeks out of the year it is “acceptable” for teachers to have any sort of change in their life. I have known teachers who have been diagnosed with cancer, lost spouses, or been suicidal, and had to leave mid year and the hate and shame they get is insane. In any other job you can make a life change at any point, but teachers are locked in for 90% of the year and if something comes up there will be an anonymous form shitting on them for it.

As a teacher I have had parents complain to my FACE about colleague out for chemotherapy, colleagues out on bereavement, all of this on top of the parents who have asked if I plan on becoming pregnant or if I am pregnant so they can avoid a substitute (the cherry on top is that I have been dealing with fertility issues).

If you have any confusion of why there is a teacher shortage spend 5 minutes on this website and it should be clear. You can be pissed about the lack of communication I think that’s fair, but your attitude about the teacher who left is why many quit. [/quote]

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