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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

So?  Let them.  How is it any of your business?  If a teacher wants to take a day off then they should be able to.  It is crazy that people like you are advocating that they should be told "no" when they want or need time off.  What they are doing is a 'nice to have' but not 'need to have.'  Nothing about teaching is mission critical unless you're one of those parents who insist that you need the childcare.  IMO parents in public schools need to face up to the reality that if you need the childcare then hire childcare.  Frankly, people like you are why we send our kids to private schools.  Not only do our kids receive a better education but the teachers are treated more humanely, and that is something we value in our family.[/quote]

Like any other workplace, not everyone can all take off at the same time. This is not new. Some kids are so far behind due to covid, not sure how closing extra random days benefits those kids that are behind. We were in private school last year and I miss it so much. I’m so disappointed by public school.[/quote]

You get what you pay for.[/quote]

You complain about taxes and then sh1t on your teachers for two years. What did you expect would happen? 
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First, teachers in the DMV are not underpaid. And second, what evidence do you have that paying teachers more would change the situation. If it's fine to take off whenever, why would that change if pay was more?  
Teachers will still have families which you believe are more important than doing what is best for students. Teachers and their families are more important than anything.[/quote]

Teachers in our area *are* underpaid. 
https://www.wric.com/news/education/virginia-d-c-ranked-as-worst-two-places-for-teacher-pay/amp/

They should also have days off (combination of holidays and PTO) to spend with their families.

And the teaching profession and individual teachers should be respected.

You get what you pay for. 
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I just have to comment on this...do you think other professions get 3 days off at Thanksgiving?  Or two weeks at Christmas?  They don't.  Especially in this area - sure there are probably some corporations who give more then one day off at holidays, but think of the countless Fed workers in the DMV who only get 1 day off - Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day - and try to see if they can add 2 or 3 on to that (and often can't because the government has to keep running even on holidays) and your honestly complaining that teachers don't get enough time off at holidays?  Its like some teachers seriously live in another reality.[/quote]

+1  I just don't understand. [/quote]

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