Yes, I’m sure that all those pension-coveting teachers will be dissuaded from planning the first day of their retirement at 55 by those cold hard facts.
“There are some excellent teachers who want an early-out,” Parker said. “I know these teachers personally, and I’m sorry to even hear them talking about retirement.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032602948.html
A new Mayor came in and fired her.
What you have to remember in reading anything from DC is that the eternal rumor is "they're planning an early out". That story pops up in every water cooler conversation in every federal agency as well as the government of the District of Columbia.
Rhee didn't have backing from the people who hired her.