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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel very sorry for Pyle MS. This is an affluent school and the parents do a lot to raise money for all kinds of things in the school. Indeed, any department, activity, teacher that needs money or can provide some kind of enrichment is fully funded by the parents.  They have also outsourced a number of clubs and activities outside of the school day to outside vendors.

However, they are also a prime school for the worst teachers who try hard to land there and then it is an easy ride for them. The students are not going to do poorly on standardized tests like MAPs because they come from educated and affluent families. Their parents will make sure that they are not behind academically by whatever means necessary.

Pyle attracts the best teachers and the worst teachers and both do equally well there on paper.  In another school where my child went to the magnet program, the school population was very diverse.  This means that the worst teachers did not perform well if they are in a classroom of students who are not performing well. They get dinged for their performance and they eventually quit.

Whenever, a teacher moves from a school with a magnet program to a W school they think that they are poaching talent from the magnet programs.  Not true.  Most of the times the worst teachers are chased away from poor performing schools by being given some "non-magnet" classes to teach.  They then turn up at the W schools.  This is sad and true.

Parents need to make their displeasure very clear about the incompetent teachers. They need to document and collectively sign a petition to get the teacher replaced. They need to get permission from the school and take turns to sit in and observe the classroom. They also need to ask for the curriculum. resources, lesson structure (plans), assignments and scoring rubrics  that goes with each unit.  Theoretically, the PYP, MYP, IB framework requires these things to be documented. First lodge complaints, start a petition etc. Next observe and document. [/quote]

Pyle has changed a lot in the last five years. [b]Many great teachers left for other schools.[/b] Pyle no longer draws the experienced good teachers for reasons that have been discussed in other threads. [/quote]

This is such a myth. A couple good teachers moved or retired but the teachers who have been leaving for the most part are the ones getting leaned on by leadership for not doing their jobs. This is especially true in World Studies and Special Education. [/quote]

Wrong. It took years to get rid of those world studies and special ed teachers. There are still some really bad ones there, including teachers in other departments.  I’m all for getting rid of terrible teachers. But unfortunately the school lost way too many fantastic ones. [/quote]

Name one that left for reasons other than retirement or moving away that was really good. The teachers I've seen leave have almost all been folks anyone with any sense would be glad to see go. [/quote]

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