Usually means: Paid leave, awaiting disciplinary resolution.
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  1. rubber room: Wiktionary
  2. rubber room: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. rubber room: Dictionary.com
  4. Rubber Room (Law & Order), Rubber room (bunker), The Rubber Room: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. rubber room: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rubber room)

noun:  (idiomatic, psychiatry) A cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.
noun:  (idiomatic, education) Especially in New York City, a temporary workplace assigned to a teacher who is not permitted to teach in a classroom because he or she is under disciplinary review.

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