<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Mr. Hansen says:</P>
<P>"Idaho must become (and remain) competitive in retaining quality<BR>teachers.<BR>If I were a recent graduate of the UI College of Education, I would<BR>stick<BR>around the Idaho schools just long enough to attain experience (fatten<BR>my<BR>resume') and move on to a more lucrative school district, say . . . in<BR>California . . . or Washington."<BR></P>
<P>The thing is, that is the OPPOSITE of what happens. Looking at local hires in the school district just this year (in the School District newsletter I just recieved) note a single hire at the junior high (the only hires listed) were local. Perhaps you read this as well? I know my family did, and was NOT happy. Students must move away from Moscow in order to gain enough experience to even THINK of getting hired here. And it's not just Moscow. </P>
<P>When I graduated from the UI College of Education in May 2003, ONE job was open in North Central Idaho. ONE. And it was at Bovill Elementary. The second closest was a music education teacher in Avery, ID. Getting my point?<BR><BR>JC (MHS '99, UI '03)</P><BR><BR><BR>
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