Anonymous wrote:Nothing will happen. They will miss IEP meetings, children will not learn, and people on DCUM will make excuses for them.

Unless they teach in private school.

Wrong! I teach at a private school and I miss about a day a month for one thing or another.

Teachers are people!

What is wrong with you, OP?

I taught in two different school systems (no where near each other). Both offered 10 days per year of sick leave. Three of those could be used for "personal days."

The longest I was ever out at a time was five days when I had a true family emergency. Fortunately, I had a stellar substitute when I was out.

Are there people who need it for valid purposes? Yes.
Are there people who abuse it and use their ten days for fun? Yes.

Honestly, as a classroom teacher, I hated being out because it is usually more work when you return.

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever thought about what might happen to teachers who miss more than 10 days of work?

No. Why would I give any thought to that?

Isn’t that just taking off one day a month. Most teachers seem to do that at our MS, less at the elementary school though.

No. What an odd, petty thing to ponder. Get hit with something like the flu, a family emergency, a couple of kids’ events, and it isn’t hard to take off 10 days in a FY.

Anonymous wrote:Not really, I use 25 days of PTO a year at my job and not person on DCUM comments on it.

So, you must not have a demanding job if you can take that much time off. That translates to five work weeks. And, I assume you also get additional holidays.

A family member just got a promotion because a colleague was fired for using 30 days of PTO. How does your company get its work done?

Not really, I use 25 days of PTO a year at my job and not person on DCUM comments on it.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing will happen. They will miss IEP meetings, children will not learn, and people on DCUM will make excuses for them.

Unless they teach in private school.

Well that was dramatic…

I don't know, OP. Maybe you can make a fuss and complain? Make it your personal crusade to have those lazy slackers fired.

After all, there is a long line of qualified teachers just desperate to get in that classroom and take on the job. Right?

Nothing will happen. They will miss IEP meetings, children will not learn, and people on DCUM will make excuses for them.

Unless they teach in private school.

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever thought about what might happen to teachers who miss more than 10 days of work?

They might recover from their illness, or surgery, or they might need to transition to long term disability, or even pass away?

Or maybe they will grieve the parent or child they lost, and return to work?

Or hopfully, they'll just have a year where they drop off one kid at college, attend their sibling's wedding, and go to another kid's graduation while also taking off some days for professional development, and because the washing machine flooded, creating a disaster in their house, and they needed to meet the repairman, and next year they'll be back to their usual 3 or 4 days off.

Those are some of the things that happen to teachers who take the leave they earned.

Teachers are allowed to take however much leave they have accumulated from working over the years. They also miss school for trainings, countywide meetings, sitting in the AAP committee, etc.

No, not even once. That's their boss's job to ponder, not mine.

Have you ever thought about what might happen to teachers who miss more than 10 days of work?