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Entire staff of underperforming Cincinnati school to be replaced
ASSOCIATED PRESS

http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080123/UPDATES/80123009

CINCINNATI — The entire teaching staff of an underperforming elementary school in Cincinnati is being replaced, along with the school's principal.

Officials say Taft Elementary has not met standards for nine years, and students score about 20 points below the district average on standardized tests.


Taft Elementary is one of the smaller public schools in Cincinnati, with about 240 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

The school's principal and 11 teachers will finish out the school year.

Officials say several measures short of housecleaning have been tried to improve performance at the school. But the president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers says nothing has worked.