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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be pretty concerned if it was a traditional few-hours-a-morning type preschool--the good ones have really low turnover and leaving two weeks into the school year is odd.

A daycare or full-day preschool-tons of turnover, she probably got a better job offer. [/quote]

OP here.

It is a traditional few hours a morning kind of place. In Chevy Chase.

She had been on staff for a number of years and is very well liked and respected. [/quote]

Have there been any changes into the administration coming into this year? If there aren't specific signs that this teacher left due to something going on within the school, I would assume that it's due to personal circumstances, and maybe the school is respecting her privacy by putting out a vague explanation.

During our preschool years there were a few teachers (not all out kids' teachers) who left abruptly with not much explanation given. Because I knew them well or had friends who knew them well, I heard the stories behind a couple of them -- one had a parent develop terminal cancer and moved back home to care for her (young/unmarried/no kids), one had a spouse who had to leave his job due to a medical condition and she had to find a full-time job with benefits to support them. None of them were signs of a problem within the school, it just falls into the category of "life happens." It stinks when it happens to your kid, but I think when it's their kid who is affected, some parents (not accusing you, OP, speaking generally here) lose sight of the fact that teachers are human beings with their own lives that they have to prioritize above the particular job at times. [/quote]

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