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[quote=Anonymous]Another long-term Breakthrough family here. I want to echo the point made below.

The two guides who are leaving to start micro-schools were founding faculty with Breakthrough. They have been with the school for five years. That is not an unusually short or concerning period of time, nor should it be interpreted to indicate a "problem."

My family may have quibbles with Breakthrough, but it's categorically false to suggest that there is a larger problem with guide longevity.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: Breakthrough turnover

We’re a breakthrough family whose two teachers (one lower el one primary) are leaving. To be very, very clear, they are leaving to start a micro school in wards 7 or 8. They are both founding members of Breakthrough and love it, but want to take advantage of this new opportunity in an area they’re very passionate about (and, like me, some people prefer the start up phase and want to move on when something is established). One of the primary admin- also a founding member- is leaving and going to work for the Bezos nonprofit that’s investing in Montessori. In other words, taking their departure as some bigger sign of issues at the school is not warranted.

As for Lee or Breakthrough, they’re both great schools and honestly for me it would come down to commute. I know that there is slightly more (or allowed) parent involvement directly in the classroom at Breakthrough as compared to Lee, if that matters to you. [/quote]

Our lower EL guide flat out told us she was leaving because of the admin.  I’ve also heard the admin that is leaving is because of big disagreements with the other two.

So in all…who knows. [/quote][/quote]

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