By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, May 24 at 5:00 PM
The Watch is investigating reports that the teachers and staff at Roosevelt, Sumner and Vashon High Schools received termination letters this week.
District spokesmen Tony Sanders and Johnny Little could not immediately confirm or deny these reports, but Little said that he was aware of the situation and would not characterize the actions as firings.
These three high schools are the ones that Superintendent Creg Williams targeted for reorganization at the last regular meeting of the school board. He has stated that the contract with Local 420, as well as provisions of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, allow him to move teachers at will.
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Based on this Post-Dispatch article, and this page on the SLPS web site, this seems to be a job re-application process as a result of the mandatory re-structuring of underperforming schools under NCLB.
The schools listed on the SLPS site are:
• Reconstituted Schools
o Vashon
o Roosevelt
o Sumner
o Yeatman
o Stowe
• New Small H.S.
o Blewett
o Carnahan
o Northwest
• 9th Centers
o Williams
o Lafayette
o Turner
• 9th Grade Additions
o Blow
o Gateway
• Alternative School
o Pruitt
Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:09:09 AM
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