Anonymous wrote:The teacher you mention is the same one this thread is originally about.

I'm not understanding, then. Did Deal think the teacher was coming back this year only for the teacher to decide against it after schedules were released?

All I know is my kid's sixth-grade Deal science teacher quit right before the school year and now my kid's seventh-grade science teacher has quit right before the school year.

Anonymous wrote:The teacher you mention is the same one this thread is originally about.

Are you from Deal?

The teacher you mention is the same one this thread is originally about.

Resurrecting this thread because it happened again. Last year, my kid's assigned sixth-grade teacher told the school she was leaving three days before school started. This year, my kid's assigned seventh-grade science teacher apparently ghosted the school the week before school started, not showing up and not returning calls (that's what my kid was told, anyway). We then got an email from Deal saying the teacher has requested leave and they'll use subs until they hire a permanent replacement.

They said the same thing last year and never hired anyone, instead just shuffling all the kids to different science classes.

And yeah, I realize there's a teacher shortage and realize this is pretty commonplace in DCPS. It's just annoying that it's happened in consecutive years in the same subject.

Anonymous wrote:And what are they replacing them with if the kids learned nothing and had no assignments?

Usually the school just gives everyone an A because what else are you going to do?

And what are they replacing them with if the kids learned nothing and had no assignments?

Anonymous wrote:So just wondering what is the point of this thread? I’m honestly asking. My kid is at another school and they lost their science teacher a few weeks into the school year. It sucks. But I guess I trust that the school is attempting to fill the position and I’m not really sure what complaining about it either to them or to an anonymous message board will accomplish? If I’m wrong please let me know. Especially if complaining to someone would help lighten the load of the other teacher who is now pulling half-a$$ double duty to try to cover all the classes and is completely overburdened.

The issue, at least IMO, is that Deal didn't tell parents that there was no teacher. It took almost a full month for the school to reach out and tell us that the teacher had been gone since the start of the year. And that was followed up with a "my bad" note from the school because they gave the students F's/Incompletes on all of the science class assignments that they never received (because the short-term subs were only there to babysit, not to teach a science lesson), and parents were understandably furious. The school is now generously removing all of those F's from their report cards.

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Anonymous wrote:The 7th grade science teacher who didn't return from winter break has left their students with no science instruction for the past 3 weeks because the random subs who change daily are not providing any instruction. There have been no grades posted for this teacher's classes since the second week of the advisory and the grading period ends next week. No communication from administration and no clue if the kids will receive any science instruction for the rest of the school year. What a bust!

Sorry, but you know, there is a pretty serious teacher shortage right now.

Is there a shortage of the ability for the administration to communicate with parents? It would be nice to get some type of update from the school even if the update is just "sorry, we don't have a teacher right now. We're working on it."

For what purpose? So they can be barraged with snotty emails screaming UNACCEPTABLE and demanding they conjure a qualified, permanent, willing science teacher out of thin air? No, thank you.

Parents screaming ‘unacceptable’ is the bread and butter of DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:The 7th grade science teacher who didn't return from winter break has left their students with no science instruction for the past 3 weeks because the random subs who change daily are not providing any instruction. There have been no grades posted for this teacher's classes since the second week of the advisory and the grading period ends next week. No communication from administration and no clue if the kids will receive any science instruction for the rest of the school year. What a bust!

Sorry, but you know, there is a pretty serious teacher shortage right now.

Is there a shortage of the ability for the administration to communicate with parents? It would be nice to get some type of update from the school even if the update is just "sorry, we don't have a teacher right now. We're working on it."

For what purpose? So they can be barraged with snotty emails screaming UNACCEPTABLE and demanding they conjure a qualified, permanent, willing science teacher out of thin air? No, thank you.

Anonymous wrote:Why does it take DCPS so long to hire and onboard? Increase the pay, get them to work, and put the teacher on a probationary status until all clearances are finished.

Someone needs to bulldoze these bureaucratic roadblocks.

You can’t put a teacher in front of kids who hasn’t passed a background check. The other stuff? Sure.

Anonymous wrote:Why does it take DCPS so long to hire and onboard? Increase the pay, get them to work, and put the teacher on a probationary status until all clearances are finished.

Someone needs to bulldoze these bureaucratic roadblocks.

I believe there is a staffing shortage in certain departments of Central Office.

Why does it take DCPS so long to hire and onboard? Increase the pay, get them to work, and put the teacher on a probationary status until all clearances are finished.

Someone needs to bulldoze these bureaucratic roadblocks.

So just wondering what is the point of this thread? I’m honestly asking. My kid is at another school and they lost their science teacher a few weeks into the school year. It sucks. But I guess I trust that the school is attempting to fill the position and I’m not really sure what complaining about it either to them or to an anonymous message board will accomplish? If I’m wrong please let me know. Especially if complaining to someone would help lighten the load of the other teacher who is now pulling half-a$$ double duty to try to cover all the classes and is completely overburdened.

Anonymous wrote:What Deal lacks in core subject instruction will be made up for by intense anti-racism instruction.

What kind of scared snowflake bullshit is this? You looking to close a library or something?

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Anonymous wrote:What Deal lacks in core subject instruction will be made up for by intense anti-racism instruction.

Then you should move to Florida. Great winter weather and beaches and no chance your kid will be “made uncomfortable” or waste precious instruction time on of lynchings, Tulsa 1921, Jim Crow segregation and so on. And they can totally embrace the luck of having the same skin color of the race who built this country and ran it so well, excel in the sciences, set the right moral standards and so on. Enjoy

Give it a break. Above statement is so true. Everything in moderation but it has gotten way out of hand.