The Epoch Times LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District has filled nearly all its vacant teaching positions by reassigning qualified staff in non-teaching positions to classroom vacancies, district officials announced this week.
Earlier this month, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho—who took office in February—announced plans to fill 426 vacant teaching positions with administrators and other staff as a part of his 100-day plan to address the district’s teacher shortage.
During an April 26 LAUSD Board of Education meeting, the district’s Human Resources Chief Ileana Davalos said 416—or 98 percent—of those vacancies have been filled, with the remaining ten classroom reassignments to be finalized within the week…
