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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay. So everyone agrees unhappy teachers do not make for a good school experience for the kids. We know that, no one here is being naive about that, so whoever suggested it needs to readjust their glasses and re-read the thread.

Our ES has had a bunch of teachers leave this year. Two are great teachers and we're sad to see them go. One is a miserable old harridan who shouts constantly - she is retiring and we're glad to see her go. Another one or two have had babies and are relocating to new jobs, to be nearer family.

Should I suspect there is something adrift at school because of these exists? No, of course not.

Parents get bent out of shape because they think that keeping the same teachers all the way through gives continuity of teaching, curriculum, culture. When in fact it does not. They are having a knee jerk reaction because they bought their house in the W cluster (as did we, I should add) and think because they "bought into"that  neighborhood that it should always be as "good" as when the money was laid down.

But teachers moving around doesn't make the school any less. Sometimes the new teachers are the great ones, with relevant experience and things to prove.

Jesus wept.[/quote]

I believe that parents get upset when teachers leave because they are resistant to change.  Also, many parents in the Whitman cluster have built relationships with many of the teachers who have taught long term in their elementary school.  So in a way, the culture does change when the old guard leaves.  In my experience, some of the newly hired teachers have been the best teachers my kids have had.  At first I have felt unsettled that tried and true teachers have left, but as long as the new teachers are great, I am happy and relieved.  I think it's natural to feel upset about large numbers of teachers leaving a school.  I also believe it is reasonable for everyone to have high expectations for their kids' schools W schools or not.  [/quote]

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