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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's mid-elementary teacher is leaving.  She's not the first.  MV has a too big growth, didn't take the time to stabilize problem.[/quote]

Yes, but isn't this happening at schools all around the city? If the teacher is moving to another teaching job, presumably it is because a teacher at that school left. It may be true that MV has grown to quickly, but I don't see the causality between that and the teacher leaving. Teachers leaving seems to be happening everywhere.

And to the PP who mentioned the benefit of having an aide at charter schools - what aide? The random person they rotate out every couple weeks? These jobs pay so poorly no school can keep them staffed right now, and any time one shows an ounce of promise they are promoted to lead teacher to replace a teacher who has left. At least at my kids' school, there is an aide in name only. Not much use if the lead teacher needs to re-train someone new how to do the job and how their classroom works every month.[/quote]

Well, it does happen at other schools, but not to the extent it has been happening at MV.  MV parents are used to it, but other schools have better retention. Not every teacher vacancy is the result of a teacher quitting their job.  Sometimes it is the result of a school expanding, like Stokes EE for example needs to hire new teachers every year.  And sometimes teachers leave for reasons other than being dissatisfied with their school, like reaching retirement age or for medical reasons.  It's really unusual for a school to have several teachers quit mid-year like has been happening at MV.

As for aides, in my experience there is some turnover but definitely not every couple of weeks.  Our school (Langley) has some turnover but many aides stay for years if not decades. It's sad to me that your aides are being promoted to lead teacher-- if they were really qualified to teach they could easily get a teaching job somewhere.  And if your aide turnover is so fast that the aides aren't actually helpful, why do you have aides in the budget at all?  This is a great example of how high turnover and questionable financial decisions combine to put a school on a downward spiral.[/quote]

You are not even at MV but you think you know what the issues are. [/quote]

She is the well known Langley booster.[/quote]

You think there's only one?[/quote]

Yes![/quote]

Sorry nope, it's a team effort.  But back to the main point.  Everyone in the area, regardless of what school they go to, hears complaints about MV from MV parents.  The turnover is alarming.  The enrollment is decreasing.  The test scores are underwhelming.  On and on.[/quote]

Honestly, these issues sounds similar to others faced by HRCS right now. Teachers quitting, behavior issues. These schools are fine(ish) in the early years, but when it comes to teaching fundamentals and confronting behavior issues when kids get into upper ES, the wheels seem to just come off at these schools (Two Rivers, CMI, etc….). The pandemic shone a bright light on all of this and exasperated these issues. 
If you get into one of these “HRCS” , then have a plan B ready for @3 or 4th grade (private, move etc). These schools (immersion or not) lose their shine—quickly. [/quote]

My kids went to MV years ago, and I remembered when they were PK3-4, I thought community/immersion was a priority. When my oldest got to 3rd grade, I realized priorities were writing well/learning multiplication/division/fractions. Immersion community blah blah, just became less important (particularly as they get more socially independent) And she was not getting served in just basic fundamentals at MV. [/quote]

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