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School culture a bigger draw than salary, teachers say
Gainesville and Hall educators say they feel support from system
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Gabriel Espinoza, a fourth-grade teacher at Centennial Arts Academy, sorts through supplies as he prepares for the new school year. - photo by Tom Reed
It is a concern of any company or organization: keeping talented employees under its roof for an extended period of time. The same is true with school systems, which have an estimated 40 percent of teachers leaving the profession within the first five years. But those teachers may not be leaving because of their paycheck or the students they teach.