Kliegl and other administrators cite a number of reasons teachers choose to leave Lindsay. Some want a shorter commute. Some want to be close to their children who go to school in other districts. Some want more money. And other districts are not shy about using money to lure qualified teachers.
Similar reasons lie behind the exodus from other districts.
We just do the best we can. As in Lindsay, the losses in Reef-Sunset often boil down to questions of personal convenience. We lost quite a few because of spouses moving. We lost quite a few because they live in Lemoore or Hanford and they wanted to work there. I can't blame them, but it's still a very frustrating thing for us to deal with.