How many teachers are leaving your school next year?

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Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

You should find some friends to talk to instead of posting on here, just sayin....

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I’m surprised the principal would tell people that. Usually that is something that they would hide.

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Anonymous wrote:How many are leaving at Navy?

I don't teach there but inside source told me 15-20.

That's a lot but there's a new principal.

26 confirmed have left. More will leave within a year. There’s still many teachers that have tried to leave or wanted to wait out one more year to see how things panned out.

Sometimes it's good to shake this up a bit and bring in some new talent. Also, the grass isn't always greener. Many schools will all have the same problems. I blame parents for not disciplining their kids. Kids talk back to teachers. Parents - your kid should never talk back to the teacher and should do what they are told. A classroom is not a democracy.

What new talent? The few college grads who trained in education accepted jobs a while ago.

+1. This time of year, new talent already has jobs lined up. Teachers pay attention to vacancy rates when they’re looking to move schools. New principal or not, close to half the staff leaving is a major red flag.

So sick of hearing this. There are a multitude of reasons teachers leave a school. Navy got a new principal this year and the ones who loved the old principal are leaving. That is standard. Personally, I was very happy with the new principal and everyone I spoke to (parents) were as well. The kids love him. The John supporters weren’t happy and we all know why. Move on. Can’t wait to see the new talent - out with the old and in with the new.

Please list reasons why you love him. The kids probably only love him because he gives high fives on the bus loop.

DP
What are the reasons people are leaving? May as well spill the beans.

Can we not do this? If you know any of the teachers, you know that they are well aware of the other thread on here. It was cited as a reason some teachers are leaving and/or reluctant to come to Navy. Teachers don’t feel there’s a reason to stay/take a job there if parents are just going to sh*t on them. Teaching is hard enough, and lack of support from parents does not help. There is obviously something going on if so many have left.

And no I’m not a Navy teacher so don’t start with that crap. I have no inside info on why teachers are unhappy because most know better than get into specifics with parents. I’m just a parent concerned about who is going to be teaching my kids the next few years. We went from a lot of stability to none. Those of you cheering about a bunch of teachers leaving during a shortage are not very bright. Some of the teachers leaving are very good. People on the other thread who thought it was a good idea to bash the teachers can only blame themselves if their kids end up with a revolving door of long term subs. Really, really short sighted and stupid.

Losing long term institutional and community knowledge at a school is not good at all. When a whole team leaves there is nobody there to discuss how certain lessons went last year or what works best in that school environment, leaving the new teachers to figure it out. New teachers also aren’t familiar with the families in the community. If half the staff at a business left at the same time it would be a hot mess, why would it be any different at a school?

Whole teams aren’t leaving. But honestly there needs to be new teachers coming in as many of the teachers on the teams quite frankly weren’t good.

Unless something has changed since last week, you are incorrect about this. And you are delusional if you think there’s some supply of amazing, experienced teachers coming in during a shortage. You sound like someone who isn’t happy anywhere. Thanks for contributing to a toxic environment that teachers can’t wait to leave.

Just got the newsletter and what I suspected was correct. Whole teams aren’t leaving at all. Only 5 regular classroom teachers are actually transferring to another school. The rest are either moving up to middle/high school, moving out of FCPS completely, or simply taking a non classroom position elsewhere in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

Meant to add only 5 classroom teachers are actually transferring to another school. Other classroom teachers are actually moving out of FCPS or just taking a non classroom teacher position in FCPS. To me this is about not being happy with teaching in general. Not necessarily a problem with the principal. Still waiting to here legit issues with the principal.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised the principal would tell people that. Usually that is something that they would hide.

I was very appreciative of that information. It reassured me that it wasn’t the mass exodus of classroom teachers we were led to believe.

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Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

Meant to add only 5 classroom teachers are actually transferring to another school. Other classroom teachers are actually moving out of FCPS or just taking a non classroom teacher position in FCPS. To me this is about not being happy with teaching in general. Not necessarily a problem with the principal. Still waiting to here legit issues with the principal.

My youngest DC graduated this year, so I don't have a strong opinion about the principal. But I will say, when one of the teachers leaving has been at the school for 20 years, and is well respected, I do think the principal must be at least partially to blame. Hopefully they figure it out over there, even if it isn't my problem anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

Did you get the same email as everyone else? What are you smoking?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

Did you get the same email as everyone else? What are you smoking?

24 people are leaving. That is a lot. For reference, my friend’s neighborhood school has 7 people.

[Anonymous]

How will they attract new teachers? The deadline to transfer within FCPS is over. Maybe if the school board dimwits didn't waste money on stupid garbage like renaming schools and other useless things to make them feel warm and fuzzy, there would be more money to retain teachers and attract new ones? Maybe if they sought to start a campaign to attract teachers from other areas instead of spending time celebrating random months, pride month, carribean month, you name it month. It's just all so ridiculous. Why do you dummies vote for this crap and the come on here and whine?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised the principal would tell people that. Usually that is something that they would hide.

I was very appreciative of that information. It reassured me that it wasn’t the mass exodus of classroom teachers we were led to believe.

Ok Baghdad Bob. Keep living in your alternate reality.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised the principal would tell people that. Usually that is something that they would hide.

I was very appreciative of that information. It reassured me that it wasn’t the mass exodus of classroom teachers we were led to believe.

Ok Baghdad Bob. Keep living in your alternate reality.

Baghdad Bob

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How will they attract new teachers? The deadline to transfer within FCPS is over. Maybe if the school board dimwits didn't waste money on stupid garbage like renaming schools and other useless things to make them feel warm and fuzzy, there would be more money to retain teachers and attract new ones? Maybe if they sought to start a campaign to attract teachers from other areas instead of spending time celebrating random months, pride month, carribean month, you name it month. It's just all so ridiculous. Why do you dummies vote for this crap and the come on here and whine?

Honestly, it isn’t rocket science on how to retain teachers. Listen to the what the teachers are saying and fix it.

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Anonymous wrote:Navy email listing all the teachers who left just went out to parent. This offical email from school

wow, looks like grapevine here was very close to the total

Not at all. A lot of the people leaving aren’t even classroom teachers. And of the ones that are leaving, only 5 are actually classroom teachers. So much for the “whole teams are leaving” lie. Lol.

Meant to add only 5 classroom teachers are actually transferring to another school. Other classroom teachers are actually moving out of FCPS or just taking a non classroom teacher position in FCPS. To me this is about not being happy with teaching in general. Not necessarily a problem with the principal. Still waiting to here legit issues with the principal.

Moving out of FCPS means they live in a neighboring county and don’t like Navy enough anymore to deal with the commute. It used to be worth it to them because it was a good work environment. Not anymore. They’re probably going to work in LCPS or PWCS.

People changing levels clearly wanted out of Navy and possibly also just looking for a change, but I suspect more of the latter.

Teachers don’t just leave a school if they like it. Going somewhere new is a huge pain. This is a message from the teachers and staff whether you want to believe it or not.