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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Losing 24 teachers in one year is not normal at all. Teaching is hard and teachers hold on to good work environments tightly. I’m not part of this school community but considering the incessant discussion about Navy on this website this school environment has drama written all over it. [/quote]

Like has been said before, it’s not unusual with a new principal. A new principal shouldn’t possibly be expected to replicate the exact same environment as a previous principal. And some of the people leaving are not even classroom teachers.[/quote]

Stop saying that-every teacher/specialist keeps these schools working properly. If you are losing SPED and ESOL....art or music, etc it is a loss to a school and everyone feels that loss.[/quote]

I didn’t say it wasn’t a loss - but it’s incorrect to state that 24 TEACHERS are leaving. I think classroom teaching positions are harder to fill than say a counselor or a librarian. So if people are worried about filling those spots you don’t need to be. Likewise, whole teams aren’t actually leaving as was stated. Previous posters are being dramatic to try to prove some point. [b]At least half the number of STAFF leaving are aides, counselors, librarian, and resource teachers. [/b]Yes the school will look different but I have complete confidence it will be ok come fall.[/quote]

Incorrect! More than half are classroom teachers. 17 to be exact. Yes, one taught esol this year but she was a classroom teacher before that and she was phenomenal. Another one is a math resource that my older kid had as a classroom teacher several years ago and she was also a wonderful teacher. It's a big loss no matter how you want to label it. One of the counselors has been there forever and was amazing. I suggest you put down whatever it is you are smoking.[/quote]

The counselors are handling all of the behaviors in the schools and aides are needed for special ed to function.  I don’t have data on how hard it is to find instructional assistants but I assume it’s as difficult as finding subs. I work at a title one with a lot of big behaviors and high turnover and we are a similar size to Navy and we only lost 13 staff members. For an AAP center school in a wealthy area to lose that many staff members at once shows [b]that something went wrong[/b].[/quote]

Yes, what happened was the old lax principal drove drunk and fled the scene and was convicted of a DUI. So we had to get a new principal who is [b]fresh off the boat.[/b] He is following county guidelines strictly because he himself is new and has to answer to higher ups. Most of the staff leaving for new positions within the country adored the old principal. It makes sense for them to leave since the old principal is no longer here. The old principal is who hired most of them!!!

But there are a lot of staff members on the list who are actually leaving FCPS due to actually moving or what not. I think we will really be able to tell only after another year. If this same amount leaves then, I will eat crow. My guess is it will settle down because they will all be hires from the new principal.[/quote]

The boat is sinking.[/quote]

Let’s see what happens after next year. I’m so sick of the panicking. Yes we are losing some beloved staff, but they were also huge Jon supporters. We all know Jon was lax and let the teachers run the show. He was there a long time and after so long you loosen up. The new principal isn’t like that - yet. Give him a chance. I have no doubt in a few years it will be great again under the new guys I’m not going to lose sleep over 12 classroom teachers and bunch of support staff leaving who weren’t even hired by the new principal. Did your kid have a good year this last year? Mine did. That’s what I’m focusing on. [/quote]

Teacher shortage. It's already end of June. Window for transferring from within FCPS has closed. We must panic!!![/quote]

Maybe the new principal doesn’t want so many transfers from within FCPS. He can do new hires over the summer too you know.  [/quote]

I sure hope so but why did he wait until summer to hire? If you wait until summer, you have slim pickings. You are reliant on what's leftover from the college grad pool that no one else has hired and people that may be relocating to the very expensive area. Am I wrong?[/quote]

Yes. Schools never rely solely on transfers to staff their school. See post regarding when teachers have to give notice of leaving. A lot of times transfer teachers aren’t even good anyway.[/quote]

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