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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bridges is an extremely stressful place to teach. The school seems to want to be all things for all people. You end up with a classroom that's a mix of typically developing kids, kids with autism, kids with emotional disturbance, kids with special medical needs, etc. and teachers aren't given the support to meet all of those diverse needs. Inclusion is only a good thing when teachers are given the resources and support necessary to meet the needs of all students.[/quote]

I don't disagree with this premise - you can't really do inclusion well for anyone without properly supporting the student needs you have.  As a former sped teacher, I've certainly seen that.  And I'm not happy with how some of the staffing changes have impacted my kid.  But I do question the idea that Bridges is more stressful than, say, many a DCPS where students are provided with far far less support than Bridges typically provides (like fight tooth and nail for a dedicated aide even when clearly needed less support) - on this issue alone.  We came from a (generally well regarded EOTP) DCPS with at least similarly diverse needs (in part because DCPS does not have the appropriate continuum), where kids were getting a fraction of the support that they would have gotten at Bridges (which is still far from perfect).  To the extent Bridges is *more* stressful than other places, and I can't speak to that at all that may be true,[b] I think there must be something additional going on than isn't going on at most other DCPS schools beyond simply kids with special needs.[/b][/quote]

There is probably less pay, benefits and job security compared to a DCPS position. Not a knock on Bridges but that is an issue at most, if not all, charter schools.

But no one seems to know, or at least hasn't said, where these teachers wound up. [/quote]

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