[shag377]

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[SoftballMominVA]

Once their hearings are over, they are either sent back to the classroom or fired. But because their cases are heard by 23 arbitrators who work only five days a month, stints of two or three years in a rubber room are common, and some teachers have been there for five or six

23 arbitrators only work 5 days a month? I might have identified one of the problems.

I know this is going to sound crazy, but why not pay the arbitrators to work more than 5 days a month so that they can hear the cases and then use the savings from taking the people out of the rubber room and either fired or working to pay for the extra days.

It's so crazy, it just might work

[SoftballMominVA]

Once their hearings are over, they are either sent back to the classroom or fired. But because their cases are heard by 23 arbitrators who work only five days a month, stints of two or three years in a rubber room are common, and some teachers have been there for five or six

23 arbitrators only work 5 days a month? I might have identified one of the problems.

I know this is going to sound crazy, but why not pay the arbitrators to work more than 5 days a month so that they can hear the cases and then use the savings from taking the people out of the rubber room and either fired or working to pay for the extra days.

It's so crazy, it just might work