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WROC-TV’s ’Rubber Room’ Report


Topic: Community-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 3/13/2015

Nextar Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WROC-TV Rochester, N.Y., aired a special report on Feb. 12 called "The Rubber Room." The report exposed how teachers under investigation for misconduct were sent to the Alternative Work Location, dubbed "The Rubber Room." In the spring of 2014, the 15 teachers and administrators sent to the Alternative Work Location received their salary but were not given any work assignments, the report revealed.



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