One district in RI fires teachers.

[James_Mazetta]

from todays asbury poark press.
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school.
The Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at
Central Falls High School, including teachers, guidance counselors and the principal.
It's the only school in the tiny, impoverished city north of Providence. Only about
half its students graduate, and only 7 percent of 11th-graders were proficient in math
in 2009.
The plan was developed because of a federal effort to makeover failing schools.

The Central Falls Teachers Union says it is reviewing legal options and hasn't
decided what action to take.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan applauds the decision and says "when schools
continue to struggle we have a collective obligation to take action.

[Ray_Spengler]

I saw this one too.... its all over FB.  Might be the start of something.....

[James_Mazetta]

I am sure there is more to this story then failing grades over there.

[Ginger_Hoffmeier]

You think maybe high property taxes?

I wonder what the elementary school on Route 33 cost Neptune? And if the kids there do better than kids in other schools?