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CAT Tracks for April 29, 2010
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Today, in Washington DC, the "National Teacher of the Year" is supposed to be announced.
If the winner were from Central Falls High School in Rhode Island, he/she would be facing joblessness and most likely "missing in action"...at home, preparing his/her 5-minute re-employment lesson.
Demeaning...
Another hard-headed Superintendent...another hard-headed Board of Education. I hope that the Central Falls teachers' union whups their collective butts.
Yeah, it will probably cost the school district hundreds of thousands of education dollars (like CSD #1 and their ill-advised, stupid battle with James Gibson), but maybe, just maybe, if they "pay the price" for their stupidity, they will think twice next time. (I know, I know...that rationale never worked in Cairo. But, hey, Central Falls is not Cairo. Ain't no place on Earth like Cairo!)
Good luck, Central Falls Education Association!
Solidarity forever!!!
From The Washington Post...
RI teachers union sues after mass firings
The Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Rhode Island teachers union has sued a troubled school district that fired all its high school teachers and staff.
The union is challenging a requirement that all fired teachers reapply for their jobs. No more than half can be rehired under a federal turnaround model selected for the school district.
The union says it thought Superintendent Frances Gallo was committed to working with them on an alternative to the firings, which take effect at the end of the school year.
Instead, Gallo alerted teachers in letters last week they would need to reapply and present a five-minute lesson to get their jobs back.
Central Falls High School has been identified as among the worst in the state. Gallo said she resorted to firings when talks with the union broke down.
