Wednesday, February 24, 2010

School committee approves Central Falls firings

Last night the Central Falls school committee approved the firing of all 88 of Central Falls High School teachers, 5-2. Secretary Duncan approves. NECN report here. Much of the front page of the Providence Journal website is devoted to it today. Former Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chafee is calling for mediation.

If there are any Central Falls readers out there, might you clear one thing up for me, please: was this vote necessary to fire the teachers, or was this the committee demonstrating support for the superintendent? In Massachusetts, the School Committee has no authority to hire and fire teachers, so I ask.

1 comment:

T-Traveler said...

wow you were the first one covering this story and now its on every station