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President said today? can you go along with this plan? >> well, number one, we agree 100% that we need to do something about the dropout problem. 1.2 million kids a year that we are losing, we need to do something about it. and of the four models, the transformation model, involving management, the school board, who then must reach out to the teachers and community and say, let's talk and work together to determine what is best for the students, we support that. >> is it fair to say that the obama plan is somewhat heavy handed? this sounds like no child left behind on steroids. they are going ...

Now in just your second year, patty, how did you find out the news and did you sense this was coming? >> for several months, we've been warned this was coming, it's been in the news. i've attended several meetings. we knew the options before us. we had a meeting right before school vacation, where we were asked to agree to something called a transformation model which would have, again, fired all of us and hired back 80%. but because we did not meet the deadline we wanted to have some say in how we would contractually fulfill these obligations, the superintendent decided to change the model an...

Let me ask you, firing these teachers enmass, obviously disruptive to the students in the middle of the school year. you had no better alternative? >> well, first of all, they're not dismissed as of today. it is the middle of the school year that a decision had to be made, but that's because of a rhode island law that insists that we notify teachers by march 1. it would not be my preference, but it is what it is. >> so these teachers will finish out the school year. there are 88 teachers in all, that s that what you're saying? >> yes, ma'am. >> are you trying to wipe the slate clean and bring ...

Year that a decision had to be made, but that's because of a rhode island law that insists that we notify teachers by march 1. it would not be my preference, but it is what it is. >> so these teachers will finish out the school year. there are 88 teachers in all, that s that what you're saying? >> yes, ma'am. >> are you trying to wipe the slate clean and bring onboard 88 entirely new teachers? >> no, that was not my preference to begin with. but when we had to move from the transformation model, the next best move was the turnaround model, and that requires us to remove the teachers and rehire...