The New York Times was on the scene as the Central Falls, R.I. school board axed the Central Falls High faculty and staff:

The board voted 5 to 2 to accept a plan proposed by Schools Superintendent Frances Gallo to fire the approximately 100 faculty and staff members at the chronically underperforming Central Falls High School on the last day of this school year in June.

Apparently, the teacher’s union resisted the superintendent’s turnaround plan for the school, which had a 48 percent graduation rate last year.

Firing the entire faculty and staff is a rather extreme move. Although some high school teachers were likely at fault, I would speculate that elementary and middle school English and math teachers were more culpable than the high school physical education teachers, for example.

H/T: JC