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High Teacher Turn-over
There’s “no way” Rappahannock students are "going to make considerable progress with one-third of the staff leaving every year,” McDaniel interjected. New teachers, most of them in their first year of teaching, spend the beginning of the yea*0 learning; procedures, said McDaniel. “They spend the first month learning how to fill out forms.”
He reported that the administration projected 15 teachers leaving this year—two for retirement, four to marry and nine for other unstated reasons. “As long as you have this turnover, your’re going to have this problem,” he told the board.
Mrs. Massie asked if McDaniel had turn-over figures for surrounding counties.
“No, but it has to be less," he replied, noting that Rappahannock teachers were on waiting lists for jobs in both Culpeper and Warren Counties. He added that it didn’t take any longer for new teachers in Rappahannock County to “learn the ropes... We’re just working with a much larger percentage,” he said.
Bloomer agreed to check on turn-over percentages for surrounding school systems and report back to the board at its next regular meeting on March 13.
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