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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The majority of working parents did not have COVID leave when they had to support their kids in virtual learning for 15 months while juggling careers, so teachers can deal with it.[/quote]

I see where you are coming from, but how do you want teachers to deal with it?  When they get COVID, should they use half or more of their sick leave that year, but still prepare detailed and relevant sub plans for each day they are out?  Or should they deal with it by just staying home and NOT spending hours writing sub plans while their classes have no real instruction for the week?  Or do they deal with it by just coming to work if they don't feel too bad and possibly spread Covid to students and other teachers?[/quote]

Why does COVID warrant more sick days? If they get flu they have to use sick days. If they get Nora virus they have to use sick days. If they get a really bad cold they have to use sick days. It’s just another virus. Should we add more sick days each time a new virus is discovered? Monkey pox sick days?[/quote]

Covid is not comparable to the flu.  [/quote]

I'm sure you have repeated that line in many threads but for a sick leave policy they are the same. Both COVID and the flu require a few days off from work for most people.[/quote]

The difference is the required isolation period for Covid and lack of one for the flu.  As long as MCPS requires that we teachers isolate for 5 days once we test positive, even if we are asymptomatic, we should not have to use our sick leave.  I had covid in May.  Tested positive on a Sunday.  I was REQUIRED to stay at home through the following Friday, even though I felt well enough to return Thursday.  Why should teachers lose sick leave when they're required to stay home?  If the MCPS policy changes and the 5 day isolation requirement is removed, then it's appropriate to compare covid to the flu.[/quote]

Just like masking was dropped to a recommendation, so will the required isolation period. MCPS is lagging behind other Montgomery County employers.[/quote]

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