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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does FCPS still have teacher/staffing shortage?
I just heard our school de-staffed.

Please someone tell me.[/quote]

They always de-staffed teachers.   They will be first in line to transfer to a different school.   Sometimes that happens because not enough kids sign up  to take ART 1 class because it lowers someone GPA, or in elementary school there was a dropped in enrollment  for the following school year.  I know someone who de-staffed because they were a Multiple Disabilities Teacher for kindergarten, now they working for 6th graders and never been de-staffed.

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It's different this year though. Generally destaffing notices come around spring break (at the secondary level at least) since future enrollment is known early. Teachers have months to find a new position within the county, can be a little bit picky where they interview, and still quit by the June 15th deadline if they aren't happy and want to go out of county.

This year, destaff notices literally came the last week of school. The deadline to quit without prejudice (allowing another county in VA to hire you) was only a week later. That's not enough time to interview and evaluate your options. If they don't have another school lined up by July 1, they will be automatically assigned somewhere. A teacher who lived and worked in Alexandria could be assigned to a school in Herndon, and they have no say.  If they quit, they are ineligible to be hired in surrounding counties for 3 years. The staff facebook page was full teachers bemoaning the situation. This isn't (solely) enrollment based, it's because Reid changed the staffing ratio at the last minute so principals had to scramble last minute to make more cuts. Classes are going to be absolutely packed next year at my school, I assume it will be the same elsewhere.

So when FCPS crows about how they are "fully staffed" going into fall, know that it's because they basically trapped a lot of people. [/quote]

They also claim they are “fully staffed” because they fill teaching positions with warm bodies (unqualified adults) instead of qualified licensed teachers. Parents are not informed about these details.[/quote]

I work in a high school and this is not true for us.  Everyone has a license, with only a few provisionals, and I would not describe them as unqualified.  The people I wish we could get rid of are the dead weight - the septuagenarians hanging around for that pension bump but not doing a damn thing except boring kids to death.  [/quote]

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