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Monday, June 28, 2010

Along with classes, rubber rooms finished today, but for good | GothamSchools

Along with classes, rubber rooms finished today, but for good | GothamSchools

Along with classes, rubber rooms finished today, but for good

When the school year came to a close at 11:30 a.m. today, so too did the city’s infamous “rubber rooms,” the reassignment centers for teachers the city says are unfit for the classroom.
Like all teachers, teachers awaiting trial on misconduct or incompetence charges don’t have to work over the summer. Because of a deal the city and teachers union struck in April, those whose cases are still pending at the end of the summer will report for duty Sept. 7 not to a rubber room but to a school or district office, where