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Elementary AGP, cut (pool)

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"My students were devastated when they learned of my departure. They wanted to go as a group to speak at the board meeting. I had students in tears asking how they were going to pass math without my class because this was the first time they had ever passed their math class. I had students call me traitor. I had students declare they would burn down the school. I had students threaten to throw furniture. I have looped with these students and have had some for 3 years. I KNOW these kids. I LOVE these kids. I asked to teach these kids. I call them MY kids.

For almost 2 weeks, I was jerked around with the uncertainty of my unit loss because of this district's lack of transparency. Addison Davis lies to the public and then runs OUR district - NOT HIS - like a tyrant. It's like living in our own, personal North Korea. He is toxic and deserves to be terminated. The school board must be replaced with people who actually CARE about students, teachers, and staff, and not approve of reorganizing budgets so that they can remodel their offices on the backs of demoralized and fired teachers. How dare any of them call themselves educators or say they care about us. They are not worthy of this profession and they should tuck tail and run away in shame. Stay strong, my teacher friends and colleagues. We are better than they are, and it will come to light. "Do not go gentle into that good night...rage, rage against the dying of the light." #knowyourworth #weareone #hcpsteacher #youmatter "
--Middle School Math teacher, cut (pool)

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3rd Grade ELA, cut (pool)

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"I was offered the job in May pending a retirement. Retirement date got changed and changed due to COVID-distancing, I believe. The date the teacher retired and job opened, I selected, and that night, the hiring freeze hit!

I’m devastated to leave my 8th graders- yes, I LIKE that age! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m cut without the pool because AD/District insisted. My school tried to at least slide me into another grade level position that is getting filled, but district said, ‘Nope, hired after Aug 14’. I would hazard a guess that AD planned this based on the fact that the hiring window opened 14 Aug and that just happens to coincide with the Temp Hire status...

Not impressed with his priorities. I’ve seen nothing that suggests he is putting educational ‘best practices’ at the forefront of his decision making."
--Algebra/Pre-Algebra teacher, cut, no pool

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High School English, cut (pool)

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"Split schools 2-3 days"
-- Elementary art teacher

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"Cut from 5 to 3 days of Art. Now I will have to set up new courses in my canvas for my e-learning students at my 2 day school. When will I have the time to do all this?"
--K-5 Art teacher, cut to 3 days at old school and 2 at a new school

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2nd Grade, cut (pool)

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"It’s interesting that the district wants children to be proficient in Math when they overspend on redecorating the district office... how does that “add” up?  Also, how do their words align with their actions?  How dare they say we should value education when their decision making results in higher student to teacher ratios?  How do you expect kids to perform on tests when they are constantly moved from one new classroom teacher/environment to the next?  The education system is broken, and the demands placed on teachers are a form of modern day oppression.  What an ironic time to cut Health/PE, in the middle of a pandemic when the FOCUS should be on our well-being!   To my fellow teachers who may not return to the district, keep faith, there is a blessing in disguise on the way."
--K-5 P.E. teacher, cut (pool)

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"My students have had a different teacher every year for the past 4 years. They are craving stability. I promised them on Day 1 that I would be here for them long term, and that they didn’t need to worry about it. My students have already said they’ve learned more in the past 8 weeks of school than they had in 4 years with every other teacher. I was hired after August 14, which apparently means even though I moved to Florida for this position and I am highly qualified, that someone in the pool could take my position from me. My kids and I are heart broken. If someone does take my position, they won’t have the same qualifications. I could easily be replaced by someone with a general English certification. This is NOT what my students need. It’s super unfair to have seen my kids crying over the idea that I may not be their teacher anymore. How do we have so many vacancies, yet my filled position is up for grabs?! This makes NO SENSE."
--High School Magnet Journalism teacher, cut, no pool

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5th Grade, cut (pool)

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"This district cares nothing about anyone. Five weeks waiting to find out if we’re going to get cut, and then we find out we’re cut, and three days before we pack our classrooms we still don’t know what school we may go to. Teachers were cut over teachers that had less experience. The union is useless. They make excuses and don’t help. I am leaving the profession after this. Thanks Davis. Soon you will be begging for teachers. I am done."
--7th Grade English teacher, cut (pool)

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1st Grade, cut (pool)

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"Cut on a Wednesday, gone by Friday. When they moved me to an entirely new grade level with way too many kids in an e-learning class, it helped me make my decision to RUN after nearly 15 years. I’m positive age was against me."
--2nd Grade teacher, cut

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Elementary AGP, cut (pool)

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"I was a highly effective teacher recruited for a position at an achievement school that had a revolving door of art teachers before me. I've put in the work building relationships, building trust. Now, because of the board's mishandling of money and Davis's poor judgment,  my students will be starting over with possibly 2 new teachers, and I will end up at possibly 3 schools."
--K5 Art teacher,  cut (pool)

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"If there are no extra gifted spots in the pool, I go back to my original school as an instructional support."
--4th and 5th Grade Gifted teacher, cut (pool)

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3rd Grade Math and Science, cut (pool)

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"After 6 years at the same school and 9 weeks building relationships with my e-learners, I was cut. My partner and I are like best friends. No one even has a pool list yet. This is a horrible experience."
--3rd Grade teacher, cut (pool)

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7th Grade English Language Arts, cut (pool)

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Elementary Art, reduced from 5 days to 3 days

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“27 years of teaching and this is what's happening. I am heartbroken!“
—Gifted / 5th Grade Science teacher, cut (pool)

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"As a teacher, I was not cut, but I will be dissolving my 7th period due to these cuts. That is 25 kids moving to other ELA teachers, and I will have to begin teaching an e-learning class because of how the new master schedule will look. There may be a chance if enough students return to brick and mortar that I can keep my classes, but we will see. ALL of it is not best for kids or teachers at this time.

As a parent of a middle school student, I am upset at how is it going to flip my son's schedule and he will be getting 2-3 new teachers and different periods for most of his classes."
--6th Grade teacher

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"The decision to cut my unit came down to me and another teacher who were approved by HR on the same day. We were both asked to come to the office on a Thursday morning and told the only fair way to determine who would be cut was to put both our names in a bag and draw one out. Our names were dramatically put into a bag and one was drawn while we both were forced to sit and watch. My name was drawn and I was told I was going to the pool. My job is not some sort of lottery or game show. I am new to the district, but I have been teaching for 8 years. I had no previous indication I could be cut and felt completely blindsided. This whole situation is unprofessional and shows a complete lack of regard for educators."
--3rd Grade Math/Science teacher, cut (pool)

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Elementary Music, cut (pool)

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Varying Exceptionalities, Elementary School, cut (pool)

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2nd Grade, 15 years of teaching experience, cut (pool)

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"I quit. I quit because I know I can not do my job given these circumstances the way the students deserve to be taught. There are not enough hours in the day to teach 10 classes a day, and still teach e-learning too. If I stayed up 24 hours each day and worked the entire time, I still would not be able to prepare for 50 classes each week (60 including e-learning). I was being set up to fail by the district. Fail the students, fail the school, fail myself. I chose to walk away from these sets of unrealistic expectations, holding my head high after 17 years at the same school. My school is amazing, and I’m so sorry the district is doing this to my students. My heart breaks for them."
--K5 Art teacher, resigned after being split between 2 schools plus e-learning

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"Davis pushed teachers to come back to school this year so that we could help our high risk populations - specifically ESOL, ESE and low income students. And now that we are back, he is cutting the positions of the very students he claimed he wanted to help! It's so wrong. And those of us being sent to the pool still have received NO information about how it works as of Saturday, October 17th, but we are supposedly starting at our new school in one week!"
--Middle School ESOL/English teacher, cut (pool)

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19-year veteran

National Board Certified

Master's degree

Reading endorsed

ESOL endorsed

Gifted endorsed

--6th Grade World History teacher, cut (pool)

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6th - 8th Grade Math, cut (pool)

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Varying Exceptionalities, High School, cut (pool)

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4th Grade English Language Arts, cut (pool)

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9th - 12th Grade P.E., cut (pool)

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"I was part of the district office cuts in May/June. My teammates and I were told one day before the end of the transfer period that our positions were being eliminated and that we were going to the pool unless we secured another position within a day. We were told to reapply for the new positions Addison created. I was not contacted to re-interview despite applying multiple times. The positions were filled by new people - many from outside of the county."
--Academic Coach, Elem. Reading, cut (pool)

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Kindergarten, cut (pool)

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6th Grade Reading, cut (pool)

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"I was told Friday will be the last day at my current school and Monday the 26th would be my first day at my new school. HR told me I would have to make my own arrangements with the new school and my old school to coordinate how my transition will be. I emailed my admin about what days I should plan for next week and I did not get a response. I had to do my plans and set up my Canvas page for ALL next week because I do not want to be out of compliance without lesson plans. I have not been told when my expected last day with my students will be. I have been told not to tell anything to my students. I can’t clean out my old classroom because there is a small chance I will not get a placement from the pool, and if that is the case I will have to stay at my current school. You get called to the pool by seniority and I have been with the district one year. Therefore, I will probably have my Pool meeting on Thursday. I will probably have one day to transition out.

If soooo many teachers are getting placed in the pool, why isn’t the district setting up a transitional plan for all the teachers affected by the changes? Why do I need to fend for myself and hope my new administration is understanding? How can I prepare for a school and grade I have not been assigned to yet? How can I prepare myself to make sure I get VAM scores that can help me not go through all this all over again next year? Feels like I’m getting set up for failure already."
--1st Grade teacher, cut (pool)
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6th Grade Science & Social Science, cut (pool)

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"I was at a Transformation school, too."

--4th Grade teacher, cut (pool)

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“My position is just being filled by an itinerant from another school. Nevermind the relationships I have built with students and coworkers over the years. The district doesn't care. Students' learning will once again be disrupted. Brick and mortar numbers are increasing daily at my school site, and yet I'm being cut. No sense.”
—K5 P.E. teacher, cut (pool)

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Elementary Music, cut completely; no pool.

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“Absolutely unprofessional. No warning. No severance. Straight to unemployment. The kids are already depressed... I can't believe it went down this way.  I would never treat another human being the way the school board is treating teachers and students in the middle of a pandemic.”
—Middle School Fine Arts teacher, cut, no pool

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Cut completely; no pool.

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6th Grade Science, cut (pool)

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"Sad that in 17 years Seffner has never been a shared school with only 2 days of art. Our school lost units enough to not be the hiring school anymore."

--K5 Art teacher, cut to 2 days/week

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"The 2 schools I was cut from both have gifted students enrolled in them, brick and mortar and e-learning. These students will now have no gifted services even though they have a district education plan stating that they do. The district has made the decision to stop providing these students the services they are legally entitled to by cutting my position."

--K5 Gifted teacher, previously split between 2 schools, cut from both

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Elementary Music, cut from two schools (pool)

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Middle School, cut (pool)

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Cut completely; no pool.

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K-5 P.E., cut (pool)

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"Started the year with 25 first graders. Got sick after the first week. Came back and found out I would be cut from my position and sent to the pool. What a great first year teaching!"
--1st Grade teacher, cut (pool)

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7th grade, cut (pool)

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"Last day at my current school will be 10/26. Many teachers have families, second jobs, people that depend on them. How do you plan for this drastic of a change? What about those who are completely losing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic?
How do you expect a teacher who has taken over a week putting together a welcoming, inviting classroom to dismantle it, move it and set it back up while welcoming students and gaining trust?
What about the teachers who are left behind and absorb the cut teachers students? There is no classroom large enough to accommodate 30+ students and social distance. How can music, art and P.E. be taught with triple classes and 1 teacher? Yes, triple-- that is 50+ elementary students shoved into a music suite trying to learn to sing when they can barely breathe with a mask on.
Congratulations AD. You have completely destroyed this district, and shame on the board members for choosing this man without doing some digging and finding out his true intentions."
--K5 Art teacher, cut (pool)
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Kindergarten, cut (pool)

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"28 total years teaching, 2 different states. Heartbroken for the families I leave behind."
--2nd Grade teacher, cut (pool)

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"I worked all summer and over 70 hours a week with no breaks, working on e-learning laptops UNPAID, and now that it's not needed he cuts us. Completely disregarded the unpaid time and effort put in for our students. He doesn't think tech support is needed at schools."

--Middle School Tech Resource, cut, no pool