Charter school teachers are quitting at an alarming rate...and going to DCPS. How can parents help?!

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This would have never happened

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Anonymous wrote:This would have never happened

Trust me at DCPS, they don't even need teachers to change grades. Look at latest article in Wash Post about PG, do some old digging on grade changes at DCPS you will find a number of articles about highly respected (promoted) principals accused of changing grades!

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Anonymous wrote:It happens all the time. They get older and more marketable, and long hours for low pay doesn't seem as appealing. So when they get serious about having kids, they're very susceptible to quality of life offers. Our principal has picked up a few great folks just by promising an awesome maternity leave.

what school is this?
-teacher who would like awesome maternity leave

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It happens all the time. They get older and more marketable, and long hours for low pay doesn't seem as appealing. So when they get serious about having kids, they're very susceptible to quality of life offers. Our principal has picked up a few great folks just by promising an awesome maternity leave.

what school is this?
-teacher who would like awesome maternity leave

Any DCPS school.

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I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

[Anonymous]

At our HRCS, teachers have actually applied to get jobs so that they could get preferential enrollment for their children.

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Anonymous wrote:At our HRCS, teachers have actually applied to get jobs so that they could get preferential enrollment for their children.

Until they start and realize how that they don't want their children to go there.

The local HRCS had a teacher from the start of the school and said that she wanted her children to go there one day -- and then she quit. You get a new perspective of what is great when your own child would be in that environment. Plus, it's ranked 1/10 on great schools despite having a high DC ranking and one of the longest waiting lists. Apparently that teacher is now planning to send her children to a Montgomery County school with stronger academics, more organization, more teacher support, and less behavioral problems with all the advantages of diversity and being close to the city.

We don't go there but have friends who do and who like it but stories like these make me glad we live in bounds for a good DCPS option.

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Anonymous wrote:At our HRCS, teachers have actually applied to get jobs so that they could get preferential enrollment for their children.

Until they start and realize how that they don't want their children to go there.

The local HRCS had a teacher from the start of the school and said that she wanted her children to go there one day -- and then she quit. You get a new perspective of what is great when your own child would be in that environment. Plus, it's ranked 1/10 on great schools despite having a high DC ranking and one of the longest waiting lists. Apparently that teacher is now planning to send her children to a Montgomery County school with stronger academics, more organization, more teacher support, and less behavioral problems with all the advantages of diversity and being close to the city.

We don't go there but have friends who do and who like it but stories like these make me glad we live in bounds for a good DCPS option.

That's too bad for your school, but it definitely doesn't apply to our HRCS. These two teachers love the school. They're keeping their child there. One parent is staying at the school to teach and the other parent is moving to the middle school which it feeds and will teach there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

You do realize that charter schools are also "public" schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

I call Shenanigans. If you were a teacher in a charter school, you would know that charters are a public setting.

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Anonymous wrote:I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

You do realize that charter schools are also "public" schools?

I'm not sure all charter operators realize (or act) like they are public schools. They certainly don't go out of their way to let parent organizations do anything other than raise money. They know better than us when it comes to issues of class size, behavior, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

You do realize that charter schools are also "public" schools?

I'm not sure all charter operators realize (or act) like they are public schools. They certainly don't go out of their way to let parent organizations do anything other than raise money. They know better than us when it comes to issues of class size, behavior, etc.

They have independent boards that make those decisions. You can and should lobby them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am switching from a charter to DCPS this year. The school is low-income and lots of ELL kids with a tough principal but I really prefer being in a public setting

You do realize that charter schools are also "public" schools?

I'm not sure all charter operators realize (or act) like they are public schools. They certainly don't go out of their way to let parent organizations do anything other than raise money. They know better than us when it comes to issues of class size, behavior, etc.

They have independent boards that make those decisions. You can and should lobby them.

Independent boards consisting of Ed Reformers and consultants who make their livings off of charters. Many are more vested in long-term growth/winning market share from DCPS than the success of any particular school.

[Anonymous]

Our EOTP DCPS has a 95% retention rate for teachers. We also have several teachers who will tell you horror stories about their tome at charters.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd never work for a charter. The hours are insane for teachers. Even if it isn't on paper the expectations are crazy.

I can imagine! Most are essentially start ups. There are a lot of kinks to be worked out and it falls on the teachers. I'm not a teacher but I can totally see how this would work out. I know there are a few very strong charters in the city but most are not.

but the allure of start ups for many is gaining equity in the start up. there is no equity for teachers in this value proposition.