“… it’s really hard to find a consistent comfortable place around here. We have new teachers every single year…and that goes back to the support system, because sometimes we build connections with these teachers, and these teachers really help us, but then when those teachers get cut we have to meet all these new teachers, where [does] our support system go?”
— Focus Group Report
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