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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child will be in kindergarten next year. We are doing immersion but I did go to a new parent meeting at ESS elementary, our zone school. They are going to have 4 kindergarten classes. Of the teachers, 2 will be brand new, one is in their third year, and one has approx 10 years of experience. That really concerned me, especially since I believe teachers can't change schools until after their third year. I believe the principal isn't popular.

ESS does go tpms->Blair in all 4 boundary survey options which I was happy with.[/quote]

I wouldn't worry about teachers merely because they're relatively new. Sometimes new teachers are excellent. Sometimes veteran teachers aren't. [/quote]

I was the first one to post above that teacher turnover at ESS was a problem.

I agree new teachers can be great; my concern with ESS right now is the rate of turnover.  They can't retain teachers from year to year at the moment, for whatever reason.  This wasn't always true and hopefully it will settle.  The current principal is unpopular.  When we were at the school I couldn't exactly tell why the principal was unpopular, but it seems to be having a direct affect on teachers and that concerns me.[/quote]

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