Pros
-Unique student body makeup and curriculum/programming. -Dedicated team, committed to provide the best experience for students. -At my campus at least, a lot of support. -We have 2 new priorities this year and a new curriculum in math/ELA; while it's been an adjustment, overall, I believe our students are reading, writing, computing, etc. at a much higher level daily while in our classes.
Cons
-Things are shifted around a lot; granted we are a growing school, but there do seem to be a lot of decisions made and communicated constantly which is hard for us teachers to sometimes keep up with. -When teachers are struggling with students, sometimes it feels like the culture team blames teachers, and often can't relate to what it's like to be with our most challenging students as a classroom teacher. Furthermore, they're very inconsistent with what was given to us in training (e.g. if our "playbook" says a student should receive a consequence after __ dings, they often circumvent that for our worst behaviors, which is the opposite of what should happen). -Parents seem to have intense sway in decision-making one way or another.