As a parent with a degree in secondary education, I tried to imagine what must have been going through the minds of news viewers watching a special report called, The Rubber Room, last night on WROC’s 11p.m. news in Rochester. Let’s start with disbelief. No, this can’t be happening. I’ve heard of disciplining students by […]
As a parent with a degree in secondary education, I tried to imagine what must have been going through the minds of news viewers watching a special report called, The Rubber Room, last night on WROC’s 11p.m. news in Rochester.
Let’s start with disbelief. No, this can’t be happening. I’ve heard of disciplining students by isolating them to a special room, but teachers and administrators?
In this special report that aired last night on WROC, the Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate in Rochester, the story revealed how teachers under investigation for misconduct were sent to the Alternative Work Location, AKA, The Rubber Room. While there, teachers collected their salary but were given no work assignments.
The report uncovered that in the spring of 2014, there were 15 teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals sitting in the rubber room.
First off, I’m shocked and dismayed that a school district would think that 15 of its employees would be under investigation for misconduct in one semester. That alone is disturbing, but to relegate them to a special room in limbo for months on end is beyond belief.
This is the kind of report that distinguishes local TV news. Getting inside schools to reveal what happens there on a regular basis is not easy.
I will be following this story and reporting to you on any updates as they become available.
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