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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did Dr. McKnight explain the cost associated with her decision to close all MCPS offices? Why have the Board approve a fiscal year calendar when Dr. McKnight keeps adding extra paid days off?

Last year, she closed Central Offices for the whole week between Christmas and New Year’s. Then the return to school in January was a disaster because of the lack of a plan for staff absences due to a spike in COVID.  [/quote]

Listen, I don’t begrudge people days off, but the reason was totally bogus and they should have followed the process to get it approved by the BOE. And it *does* come at a cost.

Anyway, I appreciate that the operations guy sent an email about how the plan will run when we return. Even if the plan is “we don’t have a contingency plan if bus drivers call out but we will be sure to email you that morning that there’s no bus” or “we also don’t have a solution if staff call out but we’ll let you know if so few adults show up that we can’t safely supervise your children let alone teach.” [/quote]

What cost?  You really think people are actually doing much work today?  If parents are concerned about spikes after the break, then they need to be more careful.  There is NOTHING MCPS can or will do about it.  They will put the kids together in a big room or figure it out.  NO bus, well, you figure it out.[/quote]

Anytime you give an employee an extra day off in this fashion, that employee doesn’t need to dip into his bank of vacation days. So each of these people will have a day off, paid, on a different date and will require someone to cover for them or substitute (which costs money and/or productivity). In addition, there are essential mcps employees who do still have to work during a systemwide shut down and those people are paid extra/overtime in this situation (I think), which is an additional budgetary expense. There is a real cost to this decision. I don’t know what the cost is, but it is not zero impact. [/quote]

Np. I’m a para and 12/23 is a no work no pay day. Between now and Jan 2, I get two paid holidays. The rest are all no work no pay days. Just saying![/quote]

Meanwhile, Central Office staff get extra paid days off - just like last year. Those at the top (including Dr. McKnight) keep adding to their perks while the staff at the lower end of the pay scale get unpaid leave. Is it any surprise why MCPS is having trouble filling their paraeducator positions?[/quote]

Agreed. Im a para now but can't be forever. It's demoralizing seeing the sign posted in the mailroom with the dates teachers get paid for and the days we don't get paid for. And yes the temp paras get screwed even more. And somehow central office workers keep getting gifted extra days off? Please. Those of us actually working in schools are exhausted. [/quote]

Seriously. Paras have only had one or two full paycheck since school started and often have to cover for the teachers who are absent because of the sub shortage problem. Central office and admin are so out of touch with the multiple challenges faced every dah because we are short staffed. As another PP pointed out, designating the 23rd as a paid day off for central office employees (many still teleworking from home) gives them additional personal days to use (ironic because as teachers and paras, we are not allowed to use our personal leave because of the coverage issues). [/quote]

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