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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If teachers are vaccinated or the vaccine is at least made avaiable to all of them, how can they refuse to come back to the classroom?[/quote]

[b]A lot still don’t have school for their own kids[/b]. We need enough vaccines for all school staff in multiple districts and states. [/quote]

so what? everyone else has been dealing with this for a year.[/quote]

Because the issue is still staffing. If I have to go back in person, I don’t have childcare so I’ll be quitting. You’re either out a teacher or I stay distance learning. My school has no subs and is routinely understaffed so the whole “we’ll just hire someone else” argument doesn’t work either. So again, only issue is staffing. [/quote]

You're going to get zero sympathy from parents when, thanks to teachers' selfishness, people have been dealing with these kinds of child care problems for a year and counting. Go ahead and quit. They'll find someone else. You are extremely replaceable. [/quote]

I think the PP is right that teachers are not that easily replaced. So they are indeed able to hold everyone hostage while screaming "school is not childcare" when someone other than a teacher complains about this issue. It is hypocritical, but it's the reality.[/quote]

Gym teachers in DC make six figures. Teacher salaries here are off the charts high. No job will go unfilled with these salaries, especially with so many unemployed. [/quote]

There are currently openings RIGHT NOW FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. They went I filled because there was no one to hire.  [/quote]

I know right? It's really weird how some people really think teachers are easily replaceable. Yes, some teachers are but we could not possible replace all teachers, even outsourcing to another country. It's like people don't know DCPS actually does do that now. There are many teachers who were about to lose their license before this pandemic because they were unable to pass the praxis exams, due to English not being their first language.

And be honest how many people want to be a self-contained teacher AND they are good? How many people want to work at a difficult school AND have the qualifications?

I know you're upset, me too but just because I'm upset doesn't mean I'm going to lie to myself. We have to find another way. We won't be able to fully reopen schools bashing teachers. [/quote]

Very few teachers would actually quit. Teachers in DC are vastly overpaid and it would be hard for them to go from that to living off unemployment benefits. And those that do quit, yes, can be easily replaced. Other states are cutting teaching positions because they need to reduce their budgets. And colleges, as ever, are churning out a new crop of teachers looking for jobs each year.

Don't fool yourself. Hardly any of us are special and virtually all of us, no matter what our jobs are, would be easily replaced by someone else. The world will keep spinning on without you. [/quote]

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