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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, this was a problem before the pandemic and has only gotten worse. Backup for teachers with chronic absenteeism for whatever reason doesn't not exist. If your child has a teacher who is dealing with an illness, or the illness of a family member, or even one who is absent for any other reason (including maternity leave), your child will fall behind. The biggest problem with this as a parent is that you don't get to plan for this and you often don't have information about the extent of the problem as it is unfolding.

The obvious answer is that you, as a parent, should arrange for extra help for your child, whether it is a private tutor, Khan Academy, Outschool, or other resources. However, this assumes the means and ability to make arrangements for this supplementation, which not everyone has.

In a perfect world, which we obviously don't live in, there would be oversight of classes in which a teacher is chronically absent. Some schools, especially in elementary school, have regular long-term subs who can fill in for maternity leave or other longer-term leave. However, it's pretty difficult in high school to make up for teacher absences.

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