I am subscribed daily email from City & State. This morning round up of news included an article of the infamous "rubber rooms". I didn't think these were still been used or that it was costing $22 million if tax payer monies.
Read the below expert from the email ( and link to the story)
*Troubled public school teachers are still languishing in revamped “rubber rooms,” a practice supposedly shut down two years ago, as the city will pay $22 million to teachers for doing nothing, the Daily News learns: http://nydn.us/V3KIoz
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http://gothamist.com/attachments/garth/201209_rubberroomsign.jpg