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This is interesting! What’s going on with the Columbus City School teachers? A concerned parent found that the average teacher is missing more school than the average student in 30% of Columbus Schools.
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Concerned dad, Vlad Kogan, who has two children enrolled at Columbus City Schools, said, “Columbus is one of the worst. It was the second worst in the country for the number of days teachers missed. Students come in behind. They don’t catch up. They’re even further behind. We have about a dozen elementary schools where 70% of the teachers or more missed more than two weeks of school every year,” according to MyFox28Columbus.com.
Kogan researched educational policies at the Ohio State University. He pulled state and federal data for Columbus City Schools and found the average teacher missed 14.4 days in the 2017-2018 school year. They’re only allowed 15 sick days a year by Ohio state law. In 29 of the 109 Columbus City Schools, Kogan found the average teacher missed more school that the average student. By comparison, a student who misses 18 days of class or more in one school year is determined to be chronically absent, according to MyFox28Columbus.com.
John Coneglio, president of the Columbus Education Association, believes heavy workloads may be causing teacher illness and stress.
