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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]
They should not be at work if they are positive for COVID. If they feel well enough to write sub plans, then they should and must be paid for that time. If they don’t feel well enough to write plans then they should just be at home resting. School admin needs to figure out a backup plan to teach material to kids while the teacher is out. The same as they would if a teacher was hit by a bus. Yes the first two days will be messy but it’s no different than the minimal instructions days before a holiday or after Memorial Day. Radical behavior changes I know, but it’s not that difficult. [/quote]
The COVID leave didn't just cover teacher illness or quarantine, it covered caring for a family member who is ill or directed to quarantine. For younger children in daycare, that could be 10 days of quarantine, which would eat up many school days if the teacher had to stay home to care for the child.[/quote]
The question I responded to was about teachers being sick, not a teacher’s child. But in the situation you describe, they would need to be on unpaid leave like many many other parents have been in the last two years. [/quote]
Most parents are not at high risk jobs and [b]teachers make far less than you.  [/b]As someone who made equal to a teacher job with the county inquit as it wasn’t worth paying for child care.  If they have to pay child care and go unpaid because they got Covid from your kid who you refused to keep home, good chance they will quit and then what will you do?[/quote]
No, they actually don’t. You do realize that not everyone on this site makes 200k+, right? And as far as what we’ll do if there’s a mass exodus - we’ll figure it out. For two years there have been posters in hysterics like you wanting to hold everyone captive over COVID. The world hasn’t ended yet. We’ve figured it out. So please just quit your job already.[/quote]

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