I thought most schools operated zero tolerance programs. If minor aged students are required to follow rules or face suspension or expulsion, each of the teachers who have called in sick for three days and can’t produce doctors notes should be considered resigned.
Their unemployment benefits should be held as well.
What better way to stress the importance of following rules to impressionable students, than by showing the consequences they will soon encounter in the real world.
Fire ‘em like Reagan did with the air traffic controllers. I guarantee there will be no shortage of teachers’ applicants.