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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Deal eighth-grader now has three teachers out on leave, and another[b] who talks incessantly to her students about how she's about to get fired (the principal apparently spends a lot of time observing her in the classroom, according to my kid)[/b]. And often, they can't find substitutes so either they basically do nothing under the watch of an aide or a teacher from another team who is drafted into duty. My kid has never finished the year with the same science teacher in their three years at Deal: sixth grade, the teacher quit about two days before school began; seventh grade, the teacher quit right after school began; eighth grade, the teacher basically stopped grading all assignments -- resulting in all of her students getting horrid report-card grades until the prinicpal had to intervene -- and now is on leave.

I realize that teachers will need leave for dire circumstances, but it just seems like there's no coordination or planning for it.[/quote]

This is the only really relevant issue. Teachers take leave for all kinds of reasons which are purely their own and which they are and should be allowed to take that leave.

However, the teacher talking to students about possibly being fired is absolutely inappropriate. That and the teacher who stopped teaching are examples of issues. Someone taking jury duty is not. [/quote]

Even if she didn't mention it, the fact that Principal Neal is a constant visitor to her classroom to observe her teach would give the kids an idea that something is amiss. My kid says the vibe is really awkward in that class.[/quote]

Yeah I think this particular class is some cause for concern that is affecting students.[/quote]

My kid told me that this particular teacher got in trouble because she wasn’t teaching from the book and they wanted her to teach exactly what was in the book. DC said now they aren’t learning anything since the teacher is going by the book. [/quote]

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