Parents at Harry Stone Montessori Academy (HSMA) held a Zoom last week with Dallas ISD staff to discuss significant changes to school staff over the past two years.
As Dallas ISD prepares for the 2021-2022 school year eleven staff members are not returning to Harry Stone, including two moving to Eduardo Mata Montessori, and the entire foreign language department.
This follows on ten staff members who did not return for the 2020-2021 school year.
Stone has previously been described as a hidden gem, but current parents are not sure that is the case with the rash of departures the past two years.
One parent who requested anonymity said, “if this was just teachers leaving because of COVID19 that would be one thing, but these are wholesale changes and the campus has lost it’s meager credibility with no Montessori trained teachers.”
Harry Stone Background
Harry Stone Montessori sits off Ledbetter Drive in South Dallas between Whitney M. Young Elementary and Sarah Zumwalt Middle School. The school website says “as a top school in Dallas, we prepare students for lifelong learning through the Montessori and International Baccalaureate philosophies.”
Students throughout Dallas ISD have had difficulty in the pandemic year, but it is unclear how the pandemic or other issues are effecting staff morale on campus.
Other Side Dallas is hoping to hear from teachers about these issues.
Concerned parents