Our class size dropped this week by 2. We had one of our boys (with behavior issues and a mother who liked to yell at us and never believe her son was a problem) and one of our girls (smart, sweet, kind, amazing) move away. The girl gave us no warning, and we have no working phone number to try to figure out where she went or if she is for sure gone... Sad. The boy left 2 days earlier than planned and we received the official word through the discharge paper. Last year, I just gained students (if I remember right)... But there's word from a couple other students who say they will be leaving too. Of course, how many times did kids tell me that last year and it never happened? We'll see. Mostly, I'm interested to see how changes throughout the year affect the class. It seems to be as common here as when I taught on a military base, and students came and went as their parents were assigned new stations.
I'm wondering when they'll start adding to our class. Technically we shouldn't get anymore students with IEPs. Yet, I'm sure they'd try to put them in our class anyway... They seem to think we are great targets for sneaking stuff past since we are new and "don't know" any better.
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It's always kind of devastating to lose a student in the middle of the year, even really difficult ones. You have invested so much in them and you never really know what will happen to them. High turnover is a problem in NYC public schools. It's also really hard to get new students at this point in the year. You rarely know their background. When I get students this time of year, they are usually living at a nearby emergency shelter and have a lot of needs. Sometimes they finish the year, other times they leave just as abruptly as they came with no warning and no goodbye.
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