[Colonel Kangaroo]

Of course some absent teachers were really sick.

And a salute to all the Wisconsin state employees who resisted the pressure and stayed at their jobs.

[buccaneer81]

It’s happening on Ohio, too.

[Bob Leibowitz]

That’s why I specified that only teachers who lied should be fired. That will separate out the truly sick.

Lying and fraud are likely terminable events under the union contract. They are also not the best rallying cry in the public eye, “I lied, please help me keep my job teaching your children,” does not resonate well.