A natural born negotiator. Can't agree more. Start with the union leaders.
“Start with the union leaders.”
Yes, and everyone who shows up with one of those phony doctor slips gets handed a pink slip.
Then put high res photos of each weekday’s crowd onto the Guv’s website. On the leftist-hand side of each photo will be a long, scrolling list of those who’ve called in sick that day. Then, by executive decree, any student who is out of school because of AWOL faculty can log-in to the site and play “Wheres Waldo’s ‘Sick’ Teacher?”. Puzzle solvers get a “A” in civics for the quarter.
The “new normal” in attrition.