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[quote][b]There are not enough subs.[/b] We have been directed to assign asynchronous work when absent without a sub. Middle and high school teachers don’t need to notify your students about this but if you want to be notified then sign up as a parent observer in canvas and you’ll get the announcements. Teachers can use their sick or personal leave without parent permission. [/quote]

There are NO subs in APS. None. It is now March, and things happen where a teacher needs to be out. It is not their fault that there are no subs.[/quote]

So let's discuss how this would be managed if the teachers and students were actually in school. These situations would NOT happen if schools were open. A teacher would plan his/her time off, and the school would find a way for someone to supervise a class, even if they send the students to the library to read.

What wouldn't happen is this free-for-all we are all experiencing.  Ridiculous and appalling. [/quote]

That’s what you imagine. In reality if there are no subs, they are sent to somewhere and play on their cell phones. So it’s not much different than OPs kid and Nintendo. They are not quietly sitting while reading in the library. [/quote]

I have a 14-year old. I am pretty sure she's never sat around for an hour, playing on her phone during school hours (while in the building). [/quote]

And especially not because the teacher got to caught up organizing their house on their lunch break. I like and respect so many of their teachers, so it was very surprising when this started happening.[/quote]

I’m a teacher and there is no excuse for a teacher losing track of time and not logging in. In a normal year the sub shortage is real and a lot of subs are really terrible. We keep a “do not call” list of the worst and ask to not have them in our classes. Many subs don’t follow sub plans and the subs themselves on playing on their phones all class. Many high schoolers can definitely tell you how they sat with a sub and could do whatever they wanted for a class.  A few students would use this time as a study hall.

I was sick one day this year and put up asynchronous work because there are not any virtual subs.  [/quote]

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