Texas school districts, like those across the country, are having trouble keeping their classrooms staffed as teachers stay home for COVID-related quarantine or isolation and the well of substitute teachers is drier than in past years. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
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When high school teacher Jennifer Lee came down with COVID-19-induced pneumonia during winter break, first-year teacher Hana Oglesby-Hendrix “adopted” her class.
The two teachers share a portable building at Harker Heights High School in Killeen Independent School District, and substitutes are harder to come by than in previous years. Since the beginning of January, Oglesby-Hendrix has regularly rushed to the door separating the two classrooms to make sure Lee’s students have everything they need, sometimes interrupting her own work if a student walks in late or needs he
There aren’t enough substitute teachers to step in when coronavirus keeps Texas teachers out of the classroom
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Texas school districts, like those across the country, are having trouble keeping their classrooms staffed as teachers stay home for COVID-related quarantine or isolation and the well of substitute teachers is drier than in past years. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
When high school teacher Jennifer Lee came down with COVID-19-induced pneumonia during winter break, first-year teacher Hana Oglesby-Hendrix “adopted” her class.
UISD s board president addresses concerns over superintendent search
Jan. 7, 2021
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United ISD board president Ramiro Veliz III leads a special called meeting at the UISD Boardroom, Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Veliz and Javier Montemayor were present, other board members participated online.Cuate Santos / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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A letter written by UISD’s board president on Wednesday hoped to clarify concerns made regarding the outgoing selection of a new superintendent months before the current one retires.
Ramiro Veliz III said that there is currently no pushing of a potential candidate to replace longtime leader Roberto J. Santos, and that the board agrees with UISD constituents regarding a thorough search being executed to find the next superintendent.
AUSTIN Lobbying to get to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas is underway.
Leaders representing major industries airlines, energy, food processing, even Uber and DoorDash are asking Texas to give their workers early access to the limited supply of shots. Also calling for priority are teachers unions and groups representing people with diabetes, cystic fibrosis and other serious medical conditions.
Some sectors such as convenience stores, dialysis centers and freestanding emergency rooms have had employees transmit pleas for special consideration that were worded identically.
But as an accounting of the requests obtained by