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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries.  So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman.  That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from.  They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan.  All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.[/quote]

Where did you get this number? [/quote]

Yes.  I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.[/quote]

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know.  Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years.  The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.[/quote]

This is more than a year away.  Teachers retire and move every year in a high school.  This will not be a wholesale shift in staff.  There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools.   Some move away.  [/quote]

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.[/quote]

Since you are familiar with it, please name the departments.[/quote]

They have 200+ kids disappearing from their freshman class.

Why do you doubt they are destaffing teachers who teach 9th grade courses? The principal gets a staffing budget based on enrollment. They can't keep the same number of teachers with 200 fewer freshmen. Maybe you don't understand how schools are run. [/quote]

I understand enough to know that teachers leave every year due to moves, retirements, and transfers of choice. With a staff the size of Westfield, it should not be an issue.  So, be specific please. Sure there will be fewer teachers, but, doubt many are being forced out.  Do you think there won't be enough teachers? Not sure you understand how staffing works.[/quote]

There will be enough teachers at Westfield but there will be fewer sections of some classes, because there are fewer students to enroll. Electives that were on the margin with the number of kids to take them might not have enough kids because some of the kids who would have enrolled are not at Westfield. 200 students is significant and will impact the staffing numbers.

People might be excited to be moving to Skyview from SLHS and Westfield, maybe even Chantilly, but there will be impacts at the schools because the numbers enrolling in classes will drop. It is leading to destaffing and I can understand why people are unhappy with that. [/quote]

Once fully enrolled though Skyview will have less students than Westfield or about the same.  Wouldn’t that mind both schools would have the same amount of teachers and similar academic offerings? [/quote]

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