1 in 4 U.S. teachers are chronically absent

If my own kid got sick after telling me his teacher was hacking and sneezing in the classroom, I would be raising holy hell.

 

"If you're sick a lot, that makes you a bad employee." --- YankeeFan, Nov. 1, 2016

 

In my state, teachers don't get paid for those weather-related days off. The schools schedule 183-187 days (whatever they wish), and work 180. They know they'll lose some days for weather. If the days aren't all used, they're added to spring breaks and Memorial Day break. If too many days are used, then spring break gets cut down.

 

I don't know about YF's "indisputable" line - sick days aren't just for when you're sick yourself, after all - but there's truth to what he's saying. Why do you think disability insurance exists?

 

LOL. Yeah because it was a teacher.

On any given day, a third of the classroom is hacking and sneezing. Do you hold your kids out every time there's a sick classmate?

 

School should be almost year-round. Give them two weeks off around Christmas (excuse me.... winter break), and maybe July. Then they could loosen up on the class schedules and give the little fuckers back their PE and music and art. Run them til they can't make trouble any more.

 

Pretty sure all the absences in the linked article are excused.

 

You're ignoring the teacher shortage. How are you going to reconcile that?

Related article out here about the dilemma principals face in San Francisco -- when they let go of an underperforming teacher early, before tenure kicks in, they have a devil of a time finding replacements. That's true across the country and especially in big cities with a high cost of living.

Struggling new teachers pose dilemma for schools

There's certainly a discussion to be had here on whether to eliminate or at least increase the time needed for tenure. But the fact remains, there wouldn't be people to fill these spots of the teachers who are let go.

 

Baron, how many days per year do you think people have a contagious disease?

Greater than 10?

Get a doctors note if you're out more than a couple of days in a row, or multiple times per month.

And, yes, by definition, employees who can't be counted on to consistently show up for work are bad employees.

 

Then everyone will bitch about the budget because it'll call for the hiring of music and art teachers. "I ain't runnin' no faggy qweer art school. What our they teaching their anyways?"

 

ARE THERE NO WORKHOUSES?!?

 

If a third of a classroom is hacking and sneezing, wouldn't that make the teacher more vulnerable to getting sick?

Or, to put it another way, how healthy is your office if a third of the workers are hacking and sneezing?