Nope

Posted on: March 15, 2021 at 15:40:37 CT

https://www.kcet.org/commentary/firing-in-the-lausd-hard-and-expensive

Trying to fire a bad teacher in L.A. can cost the city up to half a million bucks, and almost never happens, according to a new L.A. Weekly investigative report.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-03-me-teachers3-story.html#:~:text=The%20Los%20Angeles%20school%20board,judgment%2C%20voted%20to%20fire%20him.&text=It's%20remarkably%20difficult%20to%20fire,a%20Times%20investigation%20has%20found.

* Building a case for dismissal is so time-consuming, costly and draining for principals and administrators that many say they don’t make the effort except in the most egregious cases. The vast majority of firings stem from blatant misconduct, including sexual abuse, other immoral or illegal behavior, insubordination or repeated violation of rules such as showing up on time.

* Although districts generally press ahead with only the strongest cases, even these get knocked down more than a third of the time by the specially convened review panels, which have the discretion to restore teachers’ jobs even when grounds for dismissal are proved.

* Jettisoning a teacher solely because he or she can’t teach is rare. In 80% of the dismissals that were upheld, classroom performance was not even a factor.

Edited by Spanky at 15:42:02 on 03/15/21