Teachers, School Staff Worry About Being Overworked, Stressed

Upper Marlboro MD

22 November, 2021

11:14 AM

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UPPER MARLBORO, MD — Of the estimated 200 people who attended a recently held rally organized by school labor unions, everyone would agree that Prince George's County teachers and school employees have reached the point of exhaustion. "We're overworked," Kendra, a Highland Park Elementary kindergarten teacher, told Fox 5. "Testing, still having to cover classes, students who are coming in sick. We're the nurses, we're the therapists, we are everything right now." Prince George's County school leaders say there are approximately 400 teacher vacancies. Dr. Donna Christy, president of the Prince George's County Educators' Association, told Fox 5 that staff often have to cover extra classrooms when there aren't enough substitutes. "They are absolutely exhausted," Christy said. "They can't handle the workload and they're breaking. I'm hearing on a daily basis people ready to quit." Read more at Fox 5