Sick Detroit Teachers Must Provide Doctor's Note
Administrators: 'No Note, No Sick-Day Pay'
POSTED: Monday, March 27, 2006
UPDATED: 11:19 am CST March 27,
2006
DETROIT -- The more than 800 Detroit teachers who were stricken with the "blackboard flu" on Wednesday must prove it, reported WDIV-TV.Administrators are asking the teachers to provide a doctor's note by the end of the day on Friday to confirm that they were in fact sick with the flu.If teachers cannot provide a doctor's note, they will not receive sick-day pay, the station reported.The notes are a way for administrators to know if the teachers were sick, or if they just stayed away from the classrooms as a form of protest against pay increases for principals. The teacher's union is consulting an attorney as to whether a doctor's note is really necessary, according to the station.Officials were forced to close 53 schools on Wednesday when teachers failed to report to work.
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- March 23, 2006: Detroit's Protesting Teachers Return To School
- March 22, 2006: Sick-Out Forces Closure Of 53 Detroit Schools
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