Philly school district is updating its reassignment room process for teachers facing misconduct investigations

School district discusses efforts to reduce ‘rubber room’ backlog – Metro Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia has taken steps in recent months to dramatically reduce the number of backlogged misconduct cases in an attempt to reform the “rubber room” process, administrators said Tuesday. Teachers and other staff report to the spaces – more formally known as reassignment rooms – at the district’s North Broad Street headquarters while investigations are pending. District policy dictates that an initial probe should be co…

Philly school district is updating its reassignment room process for teachers facing misconduct investigations

The School District of Philadelphia will more closely monitor the cases for teachers in reassignment rooms, where educators are sent during misconduct investigations. The process overhaul comes after a City Council member pushed for a hearing to look into complaints about the holding facility's conditions and the wasted time and money.

Philly is changing the process for teachers assigned to ‘rubber rooms’ during investigations

The news comes three months after after City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas called for hearings on the so-called “rubber rooms," where teachers accused of wrongdoing have languished for months or years.