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[quote=Anonymous]I taught at Deal 25 years ago and left DCPS and the profession due to stressful working conditions. When I left, I had carefully avoided taking any leave, including working through minor illnesses. Guess how much I got as a payout for my accrued leave? Zero. Good for those teachers - their leave was negotiated through their contract and they should access all of the benefits they're eligible for in that underpaid, disrespected profession.

OP, you're yelling at the wrong people. I think part of what we are seeing in schools now, aside from the decades-long project of vilifying teachers and unions for not solving all of the ills of society with little funding and zero support, is that a historically feminized profession that has until now relied on (mostly) women sacrificing their personal time and resources to keep the institutions afloat is no longer sustainable. Women can get other jobs these days. Almost everyone who is a teacher is highly educated, and at these pay levels, almost anyone can make the same or more in another job.

I am also a parent of public school children (not in DC) and see the crash of our system too, so it's not that I am polyanna about the state of schools -- I just don't blame the teachers.[/quote]

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