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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the better questions is why are our school counselors, librarians, and nurses being paid to do nothing at all right now.  [/quote]

As well as elementary art, music and PE teachers. They press a button to push out one lesson per week that’s been provided by MCPS in grade bands. K-2 lesson one week, 3-5 the next. No live instruction, no creating content, no troubleshooting tech for parents, no being expected to investigate with families why their kids aren’t logging on. Literally they have to push one button per week and be available by email for a whopping two hours per week. When I asked about this I was told they have to grade every student in the school, which makes it too time consuming to do more. Now that’s off the table, so when will they be expected to do anything close to what’s being expected of elementary teachers who teach academic content? There’s a lot that we have to do behind the scenes that parents and the general public don’t understand because they only see the live instruction piece, which is a blip in the scheme of our days.

Yes, I’m feeling resentment as I’m about to start my day where I’ll spend more hours working than if we were in the school building without any of the “flexibility” MCPS is telling the public we have.

Yes, I’m thankful I have a job as I know so many have lost their income. I’m lucky and shouldn’t be complaining at all. It’s just difficult knowing that many employees are collecting their full salary for being on quarantine vacation while others of us are working our a**es off but we’re supposed to be acting like we’re all in the same boat and in this together. [/quote]

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