Increasing Number of Teachers Quitting Houston Schools

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The number of teachers who have left their jobs this year has gone up by more than thirty percent in Houston, KHOU.com reports. According to the data released by the Houston Independent School District, at least 300 faculty members have quit so far — an increase of 66 over the same period last year.

Those leaving could probably relate to the sentiment expressed by a Jacob Santillan – a veteran of the U.S. Army – in a resignation letter that has been making the news all over Houston. In it, Santillan described the conditions as untenable, and said that he preferred going back into combat to ever teaching in a public school classroom again.

After spending only a single semester teaching in a HISD middle school, Santillan has had enough. And he believes that there are a growing number of teachers who feel exactly as he does – warning district heads that unless things change, they would continue to lose teachers Houston desperately needs…

 A full quarter of teachers who have resigned have been on the job for a decade or more.