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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe [/quote]

I’m a teacher and you’re exactly right. I am planning to update my license this year (I let it lapse when I moved to private a while back) because I truly do not expect the small privates to survive. Parents aren’t going to pay for this for another year and I can’t really blame them.[/quote]

This is the truth. I learned today my daughter's private Maryland high school will not be having sports this fall, amongst other things. She is a VB player going into her senior year (with college athletic aspirations). We are currently considering other options...stay in private school for 1 class and pay $$$$ or transfer to our local public (which she can still enroll in virtual) and play sports (we are across PA line). There's no point in staying. [/quote]

So sorry PP. I have two at a Maryland private school as well. I think we were all holding out hope that HS sports would happen this fall for private schools, maybe with parents providing transportation. As you say, with virtual learning and no in person activities on the horizon, we might as well have sent them to public school this year and saved money. [/quote]

Teachers please know that parents love our children and aren’t sending them or wishing for in person school because we can’t stand them and want to get rid of them.  I hate this narrative. It’s lazy thinking and irresponsible.  Know that we love them but recognize what is best for them.  Are we a little nervous? Yes. Would I volunteer at the school to help you out? Yes, I would do that too. But honestly, I work in a public safety position and need to report to work in 4 weeks.  I can’t use the excuse that I am scared to avoid going to work.  They will pay me off and not pay me and I’m not a blue collar worker. I’m a lawyer so this isn’t a class issue.  I’m just holding you to the same standard I am being held to.  That said if you have an exceptional home circumstances or health condition that makes you more susceptible to COVID, then I am 100% behind you. But “just being scared” just isn’t enough or most people who are at work right now wouldn’t be there - they’d be home.[/quote]

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