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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your school isn’t following board policy then get your EFRs to address it at the triad meetings. If they still aren’t, I really don’t see why as a teacher you don’t follow it anyway. Union will back you if admin pushes back. [/quote]

Retaliation from admin and RTS, etc. I know it sounds nice and easy to just ignore the policies at my school that go against board policy and wait for the union to have my back, but realistically, it isn’t easy. I’m already on the breaking point of leaving the profession due to retaliation from admin, lowering standards, etc. EFRS know about it, but there is only so much they can do as well. The union knows about this, but when they tell MCPS about it, MCPS pretends it is not an issue. Just like they pretend SPED retention isn’t an issue and that vacancies, class coverage, sprinkling in ES schools, etc. isn’t an issue. We do have contracts that MCPS routinely violates, but most of the time, they don’t care when the union tries to hold them account.

TL;Dr: following board policy instead of my school’s grading policy that goes against what the board says just creates more problems, stress, tears, and disciplinary measures for me and my colleagues who try to hold kids accountable.

Somewhat unrelated but, the Biedleman scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. Bullying and retaliation is a HUGE problem in schools. I can only fight for what I think is right for so many extra hours a week. At the end of the day, even though the vast majority of my teacher colleagues agree wholeheartedly with me, almost no one in central /at the top cares. This is still a job for me that I work 75 hours a week for and teachers like
Me are already at our breaking points. It is likely that we have all tried to say “hey this isn’t right..” multiple times, but making a huge fuss over it just hurts us via retaliation and countless more hours of emotional distress. [/quote]

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