Teaching in 2012 - Teachers...Is It Worth It?

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15. Just to clarify

we're chartered by the county public schools, payroll and finances and auditing are handled by the same ISD employees that do all the other public schools in the area, we're unionized, all our employees are state employees like every other school, we do the same testing, we do the same auditing, and all our assets belong to the county school system. There are no private people profiting off the school, and if we closed our doors tomorrow, the building and equipment would be state assets.

The difference between us and neighborhood schools is that we operate like an open enrollment magnet (for kids with an interest in the arts, and they don't need to live within a specific district to attend). So many schools have cut their arts in favor of keeping sports. We have no sports and instead keep the arts.

And ... I'll let you have the last word if you want it because I don't want to derail this topic any further.