The School Staffing Crisis Won't End Any Time Soon
As uncertainty around COVID persists, the personnel shortages that have been crushing schools for months are getting worse, not better.
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As uncertainty around COVID persists, the personnel shortages that have been crushing schools for months are getting worse, not better.
Many districts did better than expected because of COVID funds, savings from school closures, but some will take a hit next school year, officials say
Some school districts are offering substitute teachers double the pay
SAN DIEGO — California is still requiring masks for everyone in K-12 schools, but it is leaving it up to educators to decide how to enforce that rule — a move that has sown confusion and complaints from San Diego superintendents and parents. At least one local school district, Alpine Union, is choosing to make masks optional for students and staff this fall. “I take the tack that I represent my community, and my community’s adamant about choice,” Alpine Supt. Rich Newman said. Three other districts — Poway, Vista and Carlsbad Unified — are urging the state to change its poli...