[stevepaa]

Fint, trying to move a block of kids out of a school into other schools is a logistics nightmare. You'd need at least a years' warning to get portables ordered, select teachers, etc.

You don't think a school can just absorb kids into existing classes?

Look at a single class of 30 kids, and say ten parents want their ten kids to be added to that class because the teacher is great. It won't happen. The rooms are too small, and the teacher, though flattered, would tell you that he/she wouldn't do it as it would just be too much to handle.

Oh, and complaining to the principal does work. The fact that you dismiss it, indicates you are not really attempting to get rid of selected teachers, but are of a mindset that the system is broken and needs radical surgery to fix. It ain't so.