But now there is this storm of educational reform striking the high school and threatening to do away with those close relationships built up over the years. A new breed of administrator with few close ties to the community and, in some cases, few hours spent in a classroom, is moving in to work by the numbers and probably not stay long. And teachers are seeing the personal investment in their jobs diminished.
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The showdown will surely end up in court. Central Falls High School is getting attention from people who didn’t know the city existed six months ago.
George McLaughlin sees a meanness of spirit at work, an effort to make “fat cat” teachers the cause of problems that begin a long, long way from the high school. He has been in education for 32 years. He has degrees from three colleges and five teaching certificates. And he has never seen anything like this.
There will be many, many more teachers thrown out. As long as there are too many teachers out there chasing too few jobs, nothing will change for the better.
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