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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the point of all this leave comparision?

The teachers I know who are absent from work aren't (haven't been) taking discretionary leave.  They are (were):  in the hospital, or going to the doctor for an appointment before hernia surgery, or taking their disabled spouse or child to an appointment. Or they are home with a fever.  Or home with a sick child -- no telework possible in that case.  Or they are under quarantine.  Or they just resigned because they couldn't meet their professional responsibilities --  and haven't, unfortunately, yet been replaced.

No one is taking discretionary or vacation leave right now; it isn't being approved and we aren't asking for it.  We know it is all hands on deck, because when someone doesn't show up for work our colleagues need to cover for us and students get worse education.

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The article was quite literally about teachers asking for discretionary leave around a holiday, in fact so many of them have that schools are bullied into closing instead of just telling teachers no.[/quote]

You are correct; I only skimmed the first part of the article where the reason for closing schools for a day listed were "The cancellations aren't directly for COVID-19 quarantines; instead schools are citing staff shortages, staff fatigue, mental health and sometimes even student fights."

Later in the article two schools did mention that teachers put in for leave the day after Veterans Day.

I can tell you that this leave ISN'T being approved any longer in my school district.  Nothing before or after a holiday and very little that isn't sick leave.  We are all aware of the staff shortage and the sub shortage and no one expects it to get any easier.   We need creative ways to deal with this situation because unlike other businesses, we can't just limit the number of "clients" we take each day to stay within staffing ratios.
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