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WPRI: Secret separation agreements used in teacher termination cases

By Tim White
Published: April 12, 2016, 5:45 pm  Updated: April 12, 2016, 8:25 pm

Voluntary separations are when administrators and a teacher agree to end employment and can avoid costly and lengthy termination hearings before the school board, the Rhode Island Department of Education and sometimes superior court. Teacher terminations have been known to drag on for years.

But the separation deals also come with non-disclosures agreements where a school district is prohibited from revealing any information about the former employee except the dates in which they worked there and the position they held.

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