Fire 'Em All

National News by Dan Jaehnig last edited on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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A Rhode Island school board as voted to fire all 88 teachers at a struggling high school.  The Central Falls Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to approve a radical reform model for the high school that includes firing the school's teachers.  Central Falls Superintendent Frances Gallo proposed laying off all teachers at Central Falls High School as part of a "turnaround" model for the school.

That high school and five other schools in Providence have been identified by the state as chronically low-performing and must make major changes to avoid being closed.  The turnaround model requires a new principal and governance structure and allows no more than half the teachers to be rehired.  Education Commissioner Deborah Gist on Tuesday said she had accepted Gallo's decision to choose the turnaround model.

The superintendent has 120 business days to submit to Gist her detailed proposal for overhauling the school.  The teachers' union has vowed to fight the layoffs.

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