Reply #195: Their instance on strict seniority for one.

[hack89]

When the state teacher of the year gets layed off, there is a problem don't you think?

There is a constant yearly shuffle as teachers bump less senior teachers. Not only do teachers change schools, they change grades and subjects. So one year a teacher is teaching 4th grade and next year they are at the high school. The problems here are obvious:

1. The teachers never master the curriculum.
2. Elementary and high school require different teaching skills and temperament - constant moving places teachers in positions where they are effective.
3. All the new ideas and enthusiasm that comes with young teachers gets flushed away on a regular basis.