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Old 03-04-2011, 10:11 PM
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Well hay howdee.......I jus beed fixin ta summunz me grand babies ta dis kneck uf da woods sewin theyz kin be goin tuh are Villages Charter skool. Well shoot....me figgurz if in dem thar developers sint dar own spawn tuh du Villegez Charter skool..... DEN dats goot e nuff for me spawn two.
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Old 03-05-2011, 07:45 AM
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Charter schools are all about profit. You will see these schools open up and two years later close down. If they do not turn a profit they are finished. Local school districts this never happens.They downsize or merge schools.
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Old 03-05-2011, 08:16 AM
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Final thought on charter schools. Remember the village school is different. They are a 'PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOL' The child who lives at 466 and 301 and can walk to this school,would not be able to attend because of the employment issue.So when you look into the state money per child you see it different.This not your normal charter school.
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Charter schools are all about profit. You will see these schools open up and two years later close down. If they do not turn a profit they are finished. Local school districts this never happens.They downsize or merge schools.
There is clearly a difference in making a profit and covering expenses. Don't cover expenses and you go out of existence without a financial angel. The Florida law provides for these kinds of school "in the workplace" and I suspect there are at least several more in the state. You may have valid issues, but I haven't heard them yet. Can you be more specific?
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Your KID is a top student? Is there something wrong with running a school like a business? Can you tell us which teachers have left? You think that their reason for leaving was that the administrations poor handling of things? What things? Children talking back? Not towels in the teacher rest room? Days off, personal days? Having to do stuff with the kids after school? Can you tell us what situations those were? Did someone on this thread say that there was turnover of teachers? Did they further say that it was due to "poor production"? I missed that post.

They have lost at least a dozen teachers in the last three years and have been unable to replace them? Was that due to not being able to find someone for the job in this economy, or was that due to a cut back of finances for their salaries?

The pay is below the prevailing rate and they still keep good teachers?

I know I have asked a lot of questions and I will go back and reread this thread because I may have missed some points.

I did go back and I did reread this thread and there was nowhere that I could see that anyone posted anything about teachers turnover or anything about poor production.

I am old and dim and sometimes I just don't capture the meat of an issue.
Yes Mam, My kid is an exceptional student. Academic full-ride to an honors Pre-med program. Is that good enough for you? (By the way, my kid's standardized test scores have decreased since our move here)
No I will not name names of teachers that have left but you could find that out if you choose too. Yes, they left for reasons beyond that of students talking back, please, are we adults here? No it wasn't for poor production, as a matter of fact, some were the top teachers at that school and in the district.
It is very easy to replace a teacher in this climate with a body, especially a young, new teacher that will be less expensive and willing to do anything to keep the management happy, even if it means.....never mind. I guess that is what I meant by replacing the lost teachers, because when I have a kid in a school that has three new teachers in one school year for two seperate subjects, that is an issue. I know I could always change schools right?
How do YOU determine a good teacher? You claim they have good teachers, what is your criteria? FCAT scores? Attendance, Grades? Just curious, because you may want to define good before you label something. Just saying.....
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The Village schools are Private charter schools. They in a sense can pick and choose students. They are allowed to live anywhere. Not the case of pulic schools that are "not school of choice. As a retired teacher and coach,I bet that within a few years the high school will win state championships in several sports because athletes can come from anywhere. Bet that the coaches know this and can recruit them for their programs.
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Yes Mam, My kid is an exceptional student. Academic full-ride to an honors Pre-med program. Is that good enough for you? (By the way, my kid's standardized test scores have decreased since our move here)
No I will not name names of teachers that have left but you could find that out if you choose too. Yes, they left for reasons beyond that of students talking back, please, are we adults here? No it wasn't for poor production, as a matter of fact, some were the top teachers at that school and in the district.
It is very easy to replace a teacher in this climate with a body, especially a young, new teacher that will be less expensive and willing to do anything to keep the management happy, even if it means.....never mind. I guess that is what I meant by replacing the lost teachers, because when I have a kid in a school that has three new teachers in one school year for two seperate subjects, that is an issue. I know I could always change schools right?
How do YOU determine a good teacher? You claim they have good teachers, what is your criteria? FCAT scores? Attendance, Grades? Just curious, because you may want to define good before you label something. Just saying.....
Congratualations on your childs scholarship. I didn't say anything about the teachers ability..good, bad or indifferent. I don't know anything about the school, other than I use the art room after hours when I take a class there. I was just asking questions. Read my post again, please. You imply that the teachers left because of ...what? We don't know you and we don't know your child. So you can answer. Are you implying sexual harrassment?
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