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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean “their teacher going on mat leave”[/quote]

I know!!  Couldn't she just drop the kid and keep teaching?  And then she might have appointments.   Why is she allowed to do that?  I mean, is there a union or something?[/quote]

Do you not know how to read? She was on mat leave for 4 months and just got back in Jan and ever since she has been back she is constantly absent at least two days every week. She was actually absent for one entire week in late Jan.  She is allowed to do whatever she needs for her child and my child is also allowed to get a proper education form a teacher who takes her job responsibilities seriously. [/quote]

You're so right OP.  Teachers with serious health problems or who have babies with health problems should be fired if they have to miss work too much.  I'm sure there is no law against that.  Darn these unions!  [/quote]

At some point they should take a leave of absence if they cannot do their job.  And, I say this as someone  who quit their job due to health issues.   We have had two teachers out extended periods of time and it  was  really bad with multiple subs.  Luckily it was in elementary school where we could supplement.  [/quote]

You can’t take a LOA for childcare reasons once you come back from leave. You would have to resign, which sometimes means you can’t come back to FCPS for 3 years. If she has 5 years w/ the county, should could submit to take a non-designated leave for next year (must be submitted by March 1st), but she is stuck for this year. OP is complaining about what ended up amounting to like 3 or 4 weeks when the teacher was first back from mat leave. Any number of issues could be happening resulting in those absences. I’m not sure saying the teacher should resign because she had a rough first month back from maternity leave is really fair. If this continued for months, sure, I’d be asking some questions. [/quote]

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