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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's important to note that the people who will suffer the most from the great teacher resignation are children.  I am a veteran teacher, I love my students, and I'm working hard to leave the field 5-10 years before I should retire.  If I can find a job that works for me in another field, I'll take it.  It will be of great personal cost to me in terms of loss of income and a reduced retirement.  I'm willing to accept that.  I'm a big girl and own my decisions.  The problems that make me want to leave were in motion before the pandemic, though that certainly sped things up.

But I know that it will be my students who will bear the greatest cost.  We have three classrooms with no teacher in my district.  They are being staffed with a revolving door of subs.  Some days, those students are split up between other classrooms.  There are no replacements.  I know my district is out of compliance in meeting special education minutes and we have kids with IEP's that dictate they have a 1:1 TA, but there are no TA's available, so they don't get their TA. Student safety is truly at risk, both to the kids who run out of the building and to the kids who are violent to others.  Staff safety is at risk too. Teacher ed departments are closing at colleges.  No one will sub.  The more staff who leave means that more staff will leave.

What is said on this board doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter what I say and it doesn't matter what any parent says.  What is happening in schools will happen regardless of what any of us think.  Parents can be angry and teachers can be angry.  But the nation's educational system is circling the drain and our children are bearing the brunt.  It's pretty terrifying.[/quote]

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