Andrea,

I was going to ask you if you work with any teachers you would call incompetent, then I got to thinking about some of the people I work with who I would put in that category.  I don't know what the answer is anymore.  If you try and fire someone for not being fit to do what you hired them to do, chances are they'll file a lawsuit to get their job back, win and collect back pay for the time they were gone...at least that's how it works where I'm employed. 

It's one thing to read in the newspaper (or not read) about the problems faced by those in the trenches and it's a whole other thing to actually be there to see that what is reported is so far from the reality of what you see first hand. 

Kevin g