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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the new campus I would be concerned about teacher quality.  They have to find new Spanish-speaking teachers every year, and they can't move too many from P St without a negative impact there.  MV already has a problem with teacher retention and Spanish speaking teachers have more labor market power.  Also a lot of their teachers do not have  MA, just a BA and not in teaching.  So, I'm not a fan. [/quote]

Where are you finding your data on teacher retention?  According to the State Board of Education report on teacher attrition Mundo Verde does not have a problem with teacher retention.  Three year averages for similar HRCS--
DCB-9%
Stokes-12%
LAMB--10%
TR--12%
ITS--21%
Mundo Verde--16%

Compared with all charter schools MV is actually doing well.  DC charter schools in have trouble retaining teachers in general.  I am a teacher in the suburbs and we have many former DC charter school teachers here because they want better benefits and a larger system of support.[/quote]

This is SY 2017 data, before things got unpleasant enough that the teachers chose to unionize.  OP, a charter teacher union is exceedingly rare in DC.  Makes me wonder why they felt it was necessary.  So I would look at 16% as a floor, a more recent stat might be worse.

I suspect ITS looks high because of their teaching fellows, who stay for one year by design.  MV is the highest turnover among DCI feeders except Yu Ying (27%, wow).

More charters: Lee 14%. CMI 31% (ouch!). [/quote]

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