Many teachers in AZ are complaining of the same thing. They are doing walk-outs and are scheduling more when school starts up again and I believe right around election time.
I don’t know what it’s like in other areas, but where I live, the elementary school teachers only teach for about 2 hours a day, 4 days per week.
Nearly every week, there is a holiday, sick day, personal leave day, teacher workshop day, admin day, or some other reason for the teacher to not be in the classroom. On the days when the teacher is there, the kids are out of the classroom for hours with gym, music, library, recess, art. lunch. All of those are WITHOUT the main classroom teacher.
These people should adjust to prison Correctional Officers nicely.
Still in a union too.