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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe that last year Sela, Appletree, and Shining Stars had openings in August for at least some grade levels.  I do not know about this year.

I believe that both K teachers at CMI are leaving, as well.  I did not know about the other teachers or staff.  I do know the director and she is a wonderful human being and an inspiration.  I doubt that she would be a reason for anyone to leave (more like a reason to stay).  DC is a very transient city.[/quote]

Last year and this year for Shining Stars are vastly different.  Last year there was a moving nightmare (and communication nightmare) that damaged the school's reputation terribly.  It's actually a sign of the strength of Shining Stars that this year has been pretty quiet, it looks like the majority of parents are returning, and I'm pretty sure they went into round 2 of the lottery this year with very few slots.  Totally different picture for Sela, which has had very high turnover of families and staff from the start.  It makes no sense to have them in the same category for the point you're making.

And Appletree has different things happening at different campuses, but their model pretty much expects high turnover from teachers.  You can contact them for more info on their model, but what is amazing about it is how well they train their teachers even though such a high % of them are new.  Our child had excellent teachers at Appletree, and I work in education and probably had a more specific, higher bar than most parents.

Bottom line point is, these schools are each in a pretty different category from the other and the post lumping them together didn't make sense.[/quote]

Thank you for this post!  I also thought that lumping them together did not make sense.  Also, the director being a wonderful human being and an inspiration is irrelevant.  People are different and different people affect people in different ways.  One person's inspiration might be another person's nightmare.  So a teacher could very well leave the school because of the director.  Let's just disregard this post altogether.[/quote]

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