‘Rubber Rooms’ In NY Schools Cost City $22 Million A Year For Teachers Awaiting Hearings
‘Rubber Rooms’ In New York Schools Cost City
$22 Million A Year For Teachers Awaiting Hearings
The city and teachers’ union may have agreed to shut down the usage of “rubber rooms” — reassignment centers for educators awaiting discipline hearings in 2010 — but according to a new report, the city is still shelling out to idle teachers.
The Daily News reports traditional rubber rooms have been replaced with unused offices and even cramped utility closets, where although numbers have improved, on an average day roughly 200 teachers sit and collect their normal salaries.
And for their time, the city is projected to shell out a staggering $22 million to teachers doing absolutely nothing
$22 Million A Year For Teachers Awaiting Hearings
The city and teachers’ union may have agreed to shut down the usage of “rubber rooms” — reassignment centers for educators awaiting discipline hearings in 2010 — but according to a new report, the city is still shelling out to idle teachers.
The Daily News reports traditional rubber rooms have been replaced with unused offices and even cramped utility closets, where although numbers have improved, on an average day roughly 200 teachers sit and collect their normal salaries.
And for their time, the city is projected to shell out a staggering $22 million to teachers doing absolutely nothing