Running out the clock, year two

Teachers named in cheating case may get another year contract | ajc.com
Atlanta Public Schools might have to offer new employment contracts in May to 90 educators implicated in the cheating scandal because of job protection rights built into state law.
...School officials say the since 90 educators have what is commonly termed tenure, the district must offer them another yearlong contract or be prepared to show why they are letting the educators go.
...The district is spending about $600,000 per month to pay the salaries for the 120 educators named in the report who did not resign or retire.
..."[Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard] is certainly aware of our needs to get all of this done before we enter in period where we have to issue new contracts," APS Superintendent Erroll Davis said.

This will be the second time they've drifted into a year of being paid for not working, since the accusations hit last year right after the accused were offered contracts for 2011-2012. Sorry, parents, but it looks like crime does pay after all.

We might even have to let 'em back into their classrooms, because we can't afford to pay 'em not to teach.