Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Remember Deborah Gist?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Remember Deborah Gist?:

Remember Deborah Gist?

by Mike Klonsky

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She's the State Supt. of Rhode Island. You know, the one who pushed a local superintendent to fire teachers and staff in mass at Central Falls High School back in February of 2010. In the face of massive protests, Gist was forced to retreat and most of the teachers were hired back. But the school and the entire town of Central Falls may never fully recover from the debacle, once hailed by President Obama as an "act of courage."

Well guess what? Now two years later, Gist how found God. She nows