Well, there's a law that says if I want to get rid of one of you board members.

Instead of simply resigning and finally satisfying the people of Fernando County, you decide to resent them.

You know what? I might not agree with you. You might not agree with me.

However, we're allowed to have different opinions.

I'm about the only person probably in this room running down the door to work for you.

So thank you for hiring me.

Welcome to How To. I'm Amanda Ripley.

We've all heard a lot about these heated school board meetings happening around the country.

But this one stands out.

Last week, hundreds of people packed into the Hernando High School Auditorium west of Orlando, Florida.

And according to local news reports, the meeting lasted for eight hours, covering everything from book bans to the rights of LGBTQ students.

Then the superintendent narrowly survived a no confidence vote by outspoken board members.

Sadly, this agenda also has 33 resignations.

Educators leaving our district possibly leaving teaching entirely after what they've experienced this year.

This isn't one isolated incident and it is deeply worrisome.

But even before the latest book bans or the pandemic, teacher turnover was high in America.

Over twice as high as it is in the strongest education systems in the world, places like Finland, Singapore, and Ontario, Canada.

Why is that?

Today, there are about four million teachers in America and nearly a third say they're thinking about leaving their jobs, according to a 2022 McKinsey survey.

Two of these teachers reached out to us separately on the How To Hotline.

And so we wanted to bring them on together.

To protect their identities, we're not saying where they're from.

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