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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 14 years of private schools - I have only had one of my child's teachers leave in the middle of the year. It was very unprofessional.

Others in our schools - but not our teachers:

Of course, there are pregnancy/birth related leave of absences that occur mid year.

I know of approximately three teachers who left (forever) midyear due to health and two others who had a health event midyear but were able to return the following year.
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[b]Why is that unprofessional? They are an at will employee who is free to quit whenever they please, just as the school can fire them at a moment’s notice.[/b] [/quote]

This is exactly 100% correct. You want teachers to commit for the whole year? Pay them what they deserve and commit to them that they will at least have a job for at least that long. Private school "contracts" are no such thing. They are, instead, servitude documents that issue demands of teachers, tell them that their duties and workload can change at any time without notice, and tell them that they can be fired at any time with OR without cause. But shock, horror! when they decide to leave at mid-year for a better gig, or maybe because a nasty administrator is treating them like garbage. All parents should be asking more questions across the board about how teachers at their schools are being treated. [/quote]

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