It's frightening how some people on DCUM are so ready to control and investigate teachers and other groups they hold to be dangerous.

I was appalled during the Covid shelter in place at how DCUM devolved into a hate-filled anti-teacher echo-chamber. I kept fighting it, but there were too many haters blaming teacher for shutting down schools. It was horrific.

And still today, here we go again. Drug tests for teachers.

I've never been a teacher but I'm a parent who has the ability to step back and get some perspective.

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and staff working in schools aren't drug tested as part of the checks and yearly?
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1224061.page

Was there evidence to show she was on drugs while teaching?

I’ve worked for several districts across several states and none of them have done drug testing. The expense and time wouldn’t justify the impact.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many other professionals are not, law-enforcement agencies have an initial drug screening for hiring, but officers usually aren't tested for the rest of their careers.

Exactly!

Listen, I am willing to pee in a cup randomly if it’s happening to all other professionals employed by this county and I don’t have to pay for it.

But this just feels like DCUM is having teacher witch hunt hysteria.

We don’t have a yearly TB test either.

It’s teacher witch hunt hysteria. Happens this time every year.

I agree— I’ll happily participate in random drug testing. Just make sure we expect the same from every other profession, as well. We all do important work, right? Then we should all be held to a similar standard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They can't even get our pay checks right sometimes. Do you think they could manage to drug test all of us? Lol.

Excellent point.

Here’s what would happen knowing MCPS:

Unnecessarily MCPS-branded software randomly selects 27,361 employees to all be drug tested on the same day and the system crashes when we all try to sign up.

You think they would get software to have people sign up. Oh this board never ceases to amaze us

You must not have worked for MCPS in 2020 when PDO crashed from everyone competing for slots for mandatory virtual learning trainings.

Ugh. Or when synergy was just starting out and it kept crashing during interim and report card input…..

Anonymous wrote:They should be drug tested at random intervals, no exceptions. Immediate dismissal if positive.

And one minute later we’ll realize there is no one to take their place.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They can't even get our pay checks right sometimes. Do you think they could manage to drug test all of us? Lol.

Excellent point.

Here’s what would happen knowing MCPS:

Unnecessarily MCPS-branded software randomly selects 27,361 employees to all be drug tested on the same day and the system crashes when we all try to sign up.

You think they would get software to have people sign up. Oh this board never ceases to amaze us

You must not have worked for MCPS in 2020 when PDO crashed from everyone competing for slots for mandatory virtual learning trainings.

Teacher of the Year ant our school does gummies on the reg and who cares!

Anonymous wrote:They should be drug tested at random intervals, no exceptions. Immediate dismissal if positive.