Teachers fired two years ago from D.C. Public Schools are sitting on waiting lists hundreds of people deep to have their appeals heard, despite the 120-day decision window that the District guarantees, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Meanwhile, DCPS is filing its second appeal to keep about 75 teachers fired in 2008 from being reinstated, despite rulings from an arbitrator and the Public Employee Relations Board declaring the terminations wrongful.

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