In February 2010, the Central Falls Superintendent of Schools, Frances Gallo, came forward with a solution when the teacher's union rejected her conditions on reforming the city's failing high school: fire all 93 teachers, staff and administrators.
Pink slips were mailed out as promised and now Central Falls teachers who have applied for the very jobs they were fired from are finding out that they have some serious competition.
According to the WPRI.com, the Central Falls school district has received approximately 800 applications from potential teachers.
Central Falls Highs school is considered one of the worst performing in the state of Rhode Island with a 48 percent graduation rate.
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So far, three teachers have been re-hired, reportedly to head the school's learning academies. That leaves an additional 87 who have applied to get their jobs back.
Not all of the teachers will be re-hired because the school will not receive federal improvement grants if they hire back more than half of the old teachers.
The search for a new principal for Central Falls High School is in process with Superintendent Gallo hopeful that the position will be filled within the next two weeks. The new principal will take part in the interviewing and hiring of new teachers at CFHS.
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Young teachers, avoid teaching at-risk students in the hood. It is career suicide.
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