The worst thing about a bad teacher is how it effects enrollment. My program is still suffering. Before bad teacher, I had enough PreAP students to teach them two class period, enough AP students to teach them one class period, and enough CS I to fill up and turn away the other three class periods.
I finished his last year with only 3 class periods of CS, and they were not even full. It's taking a lot of time and a lot of flexibility, but I still only have 3/4 of the students I had before he arrived. The good news for the school is that it does free me up to be campus tech.
I will have to admit that total enrollment is down, but we did not lose the type of student who typically enrolls in my classes.
The best news is that enrollment is slowly growing.
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