I will give him credit for making the right call on Governor Dumdum’s EO2.

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Anonymous wrote:Today proved everything we have been saying about Duran. His mojo is “ schools closed “, and “ stay safe” and once again he delivered again on this useless message and stayed true to his brand. This guy has to be fired.

Sorry. He’s not getting “fired.”

He won’t get fired until a school board member gets picked off because voters are pissed enough. If that happened, it’d scare the local democrats enough to replace him, just like the way the streetcar was canceled right after Vihstadt was elected to the County Board in 2014. They won’t fire him before that because it’s be an admission that they hired a loser, and can’t be trusted to hire anyone better, either.

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Anonymous wrote:Given the number of teachers out with Covid and lack of subs, APS still has to close if FCPS closes or calls a virtual day. With the number of APS teachers with kids in Fairfax schools, APS can’t cobble together enough classroom coverage. It was a done deal once FCPS made their call.

They can if they tell teachers “no, you need to make other childcare arrangements or it will be considered an unexcused absence.” Teachers need to make arrangements for snow days, too.

What's the consequence for an unexcused absence, firing? Leave without pay?

Yes, both. And before you come at me saying teachers will be forced to quit and we’ll have a shortage, just tell me what job this teacher is going to get that allows her to call out every time school is closed. Certainly not a job that requires coverage, and probably not many office jobs either where there are clients that expect things to be done on deadline.

Well, that’s not going to happen, but enjoy your petty little fantasy.

Anonymous wrote:Today proved everything we have been saying about Duran. His mojo is “ schools closed “, and “ stay safe” and once again he delivered again on this useless message and stayed true to his brand. This guy has to be fired.

Sorry. He’s not getting “fired.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the number of teachers out with Covid and lack of subs, APS still has to close if FCPS closes or calls a virtual day. With the number of APS teachers with kids in Fairfax schools, APS can’t cobble together enough classroom coverage. It was a done deal once FCPS made their call.

They can if they tell teachers “no, you need to make other childcare arrangements or it will be considered an unexcused absence.” Teachers need to make arrangements for snow days, too.

What's the consequence for an unexcused absence, firing? Leave without pay?

Yes, both. And before you come at me saying teachers will be forced to quit and we’ll have a shortage, just tell me what job this teacher is going to get that allows her to call out every time school is closed. Certainly not a job that requires coverage, and probably not many office jobs either where there are clients that expect things to be done on deadline.

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So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

The schools closed because of the weather report, which ended up being wrong. They closed to keep walkers and bus riders safe, because they thought it was going to snow. At the point when APS had to make the decision--5 pm the night before--they would not have known what teachers would be out, or if they were out for COVID or whatever. Stop blaming everything on the teachers, or there will be no teachers left to teach your kids.

They SAID they were closing due to the forecast. They don't HAVE to make that call the night before. Given the forecast originally timed the actual weather for early morning (5 or so?), they could have waited to see if it was actually coming, given the weather forecasts were changing the night before after the early cancellation call was already made.

Nevertheless, APS made the call shortly after FFX made its call. And last week's "weather" closure was actually due to the teacher situation - FCPS closed and many Arlington teachers live in FFX Co, etc. APS just didn't state that outright at the beginning.

They don't, in theory, have to make the call the night before. They used to make the call by 5am but parents bit**ed about that so much, that they needed advance notice to plan, that the district committed to making the call the day before. Which ups the chance that it will be a bad call. And then parents complain about that. No way to make everyone happy.

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Anonymous wrote:So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

Sometimes flights, deliveries, Metrobus service, and even, non-emergency medical appointments are cancelled. So… I’m going to with, yes.we hate them, too, right?

Those happen in actual severe weather. Not cancelled hours in advance, the night before, in light rain.

Anonymous wrote:So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

Sometimes flights, deliveries, Metrobus service, and even, non-emergency medical appointments are cancelled. So… I’m going to with, yes.we hate them, too, right?

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So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

The schools closed because of the weather report, which ended up being wrong. They closed to keep walkers and bus riders safe, because they thought it was going to snow. At the point when APS had to make the decision--5 pm the night before--they would not have known what teachers would be out, or if they were out for COVID or whatever. Stop blaming everything on the teachers, or there will be no teachers left to teach your kids.

NP. I certainly don't blame teachers when the schools close for small amounts of snow. It's a leadership decision. Telling kids that it is too dangerous for them to go to school when there is a half-inch of snow is absurd.

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So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

The schools closed because of the weather report, which ended up being wrong. They closed to keep walkers and bus riders safe, because they thought it was going to snow. At the point when APS had to make the decision--5 pm the night before--they would not have known what teachers would be out, or if they were out for COVID or whatever. Stop blaming everything on the teachers, or there will be no teachers left to teach your kids.

They SAID they were closing due to the forecast. They don't HAVE to make that call the night before. Given the forecast originally timed the actual weather for early morning (5 or so?), they could have waited to see if it was actually coming, given the weather forecasts were changing the night before after the early cancellation call was already made.

Nevertheless, APS made the call shortly after FFX made its call. And last week's "weather" closure was actually due to the teacher situation - FCPS closed and many Arlington teachers live in FFX Co, etc. APS just didn't state that outright at the beginning.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the number of teachers out with Covid and lack of subs, APS still has to close if FCPS closes or calls a virtual day. With the number of APS teachers with kids in Fairfax schools, APS can’t cobble together enough classroom coverage. It was a done deal once FCPS made their call.

They can if they tell teachers “no, you need to make other childcare arrangements or it will be considered an unexcused absence.” Teachers need to make arrangements for snow days, too.

So leave your kids alone at home if you must, but come teach my kid?
Do you think teachers take this lightly? At my school, they would gladly come teach if they were allowed to bring their non-APS, fully vaxxed kids. They’re taking this from their accrued leave, this is not a “free” day for them.

Parents are taking the snow days from their accrued leave, too. That's what leave is for! Only most parents' jobs aren't such that their employer can request a sub for the parent staying home with their kid whose school is closed.

And, come on. It's not like every APS teacher living in Fairfax is a single parent without a partner who could take leave from THEIR job to be home with the kid.

Anonymous wrote:So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

Thank you! I've been saying the same thing about this being industry-specific.

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So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

The schools closed because of the weather report, which ended up being wrong. They closed to keep walkers and bus riders safe, because they thought it was going to snow. At the point when APS had to make the decision--5 pm the night before--they would not have known what teachers would be out, or if they were out for COVID or whatever. Stop blaming everything on the teachers, or there will be no teachers left to teach your kids.

So does this work in any other industry? I work in healthcare and patients showed up today and all doctors and nurses were present. Their children were home too with no school. They didn’t ask to bring kids to work or make excuses not to work today. Stop the coddling of teachers. If you are a working professional, you need to have plans for childcare. Period!

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Anonymous wrote:Given the number of teachers out with Covid and lack of subs, APS still has to close if FCPS closes or calls a virtual day. With the number of APS teachers with kids in Fairfax schools, APS can’t cobble together enough classroom coverage. It was a done deal once FCPS made their call.

They can if they tell teachers “no, you need to make other childcare arrangements or it will be considered an unexcused absence.” Teachers need to make arrangements for snow days, too.

What's the consequence for an unexcused absence, firing? Leave without pay?