Having a poor employee retention rate (teachers) is a blow to student learning. The simple single most important item in increased student learning - is - early-career teacher experience. It has been conclusively correlated to increased teacher/learning academic effectiveness (I know- DUH!)

I am glad the Voice reporter so clearly spelled out the teacher salary schedule improvements over the last three years (not "13%" but oh- that's over 3 years). 17% over three years (actually - compounding it's 17.94%) Salary discrepancy is no longer the single most important problem for retention [which forces new replacement hiring and training!]

District Office problem - Why did 4 math teachers at Graham Middle School have to be replaced? The three series of teacher union self-surveys I had access to showed that DO mismanagement and disconnect from teacher curriculum/workplace-working conditions was a very sore point with a majority of teachers. More Teacher To One Math fiascos? Then you will continue or accelerate employee retention problems. As the teacher's union president brought before the Board I served on - this is extremely expensive to the MVWSD in retraining and acclimation costs for each new teacher-employee!

It is very good that the DO staff has gotten to this yearly hiring early.

But Board? Why does there continue to be such a TEACHER RETENTION PROBLEM? Board - what are you going to do to force the Administration to address this problem? To 'show the numbers' that they are starting to address this retention problem?

Parents - it is your responsibility to put pressure on the Board - to change the TOP DOWN / DO knows best culture of this organization. Otherwise - the teachers have said (in survey after survey), they have problems with MVWSD as "a best" workplace.

SN is a retired Trustee of the MVWSD (and former science teacher himself)

As a resident and parent of 2 elementary students I removed my children from MVWSD dysfunctional poorly run district. The idea of housing a special program in a district that is overflowing in students is ridiculous . The idea that expanding is the answer without accountability.
Conducting board meeting where order and accountability is a joke where One board member is so out of touch she can't stop talking is beyond me.
Teachers see this dysfunction clearly. MVWSD get your act together.