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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the last two years, Burgundy middle school has seen significant changes.  Last year they got a new head, a teacher swap from middle to lower school took place,  and 2 middle school teachers left.  This year 4 teachers are leaving.  That only leaves 2 long-time MIDDLE school teachers.  It is hard to see how an almost complete change in teacher staffing coupled with the a new head is not going to change the "gem" of the school.  It is understandable when a few teachers leave and it was anticipated with the departure of the long-time head of the middle school, but a complete redo of the teaching staff is leaves questions in my mind about the direction of the middle school.  Others clearly disagree.  Although if their child(ren) do not attend Burgundy I don't see how or why their comments are relevant as Burgundy has always been a unique community.  I am concerned about what this means for the children who have to weather what appears to be a clean sweep of the middle school.[/quote]

I don't care how "gem-like" any school might be ... Change is always gonna happen and it is not necessarily a horrible thing.  For example, the middle school head who left was wonderful, but her replacement seems rather exceptional as well and he brings a fresh perspective and a few new ideas.  The two teachers who swapped between lower and middle school are both highly regarded ... They seem to be enjoying the challenge of new teaching challenges and neither has become any less highly regarded for having made the switch.  Some of the teachers who are leaving have been at Burgundy a very long time and thus were going to leave eventually ... People are allowed to move on and do other things in life even though they have been fabulous and cherished at the school.

I guess what I'm saying is that I don't quite understand your apparent angst and alarm.  Why do you feel so concerned over the changes and why do you have so little confidence that the new staff will be well chosen and contribute highly to the school?  Are the middle school kids so fragile that they can't weather changes?  It's not as if these changes were occurring in the middle of the school year or following some highly disruptive incident ...[/quote]

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