The Epoch Times LOS ANGELESâThe Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has temporarily filled nearly half of its vacant teaching positions with administrators and district staff, with plans to finish these reassignments this week.
Earlier this month, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalhoâwho took office in Februaryâannounced plans to fill about 420 vacant teaching positions with administrators and other staff as a part of his 100-day plan to address the districtâs teacher shortage during his first few months on the job.
The district is only reassigning staff who already have teaching credentials issued by the state, focusing first on staff who recently moved from teaching to non-teaching roles within the same schoolâincluding interventionalists, coaches, and teachers on special assignments, Carvalho told the Los Angeles Times.
On April 20, the superintendent said that 234 of those vacancies remained open…
