6 days of paid time off a year. Any more missed days = being fired. I’m an elementary school teacher at an at risk school. Our principal told us to lie if we test positive for Covid, and come in anyways

Teachers are supposed to quarantine for 5 days after a positive test because we are in close contact with so many children. Many of my students live with elderly grandparents. If I followed CDC guidelines, that would leave me with one emergency day before getting fired (which happened last year when i did quarantine).. The close contact also means I'll probably get the flu or an awful cold at some point. Obviously, I get vaccinated, plus boosters, every year. But I've still tested positive before with those precautions. So I guess I'll just lie. I learned my lesson. I've just never had direct instructions from a principal to come into work.