Evelyn in Purgatory

When a complaint is filed against one of the 70000 teachers in New York's public schools they're sent to a Reassignment Center one of a series of empty offices in the Department of Education Building. There they sit and wait for their case to be reviewed. Usually for months. Sometimes for over a year. A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in the rubber room where she encounters a group of teachers some guilty some not who have long since lost any hope of