Firing a tenured teacher can be co$tly.
June 28, 2008 - AP writer Frank Eltman on the cost of and frustration over disciplining a tenured teacher in "Removing a troubled teacher can be vexing." And not just vexing.
In New York City, it often costs taxpayers $250,000 just to fire one incompetent teacher. Some teachers are convicted of serious felonies and still remain on the payroll, forcing districts to hold disciplinary hearings behind prison walls.Read the whole thing.
