Posted on 04/15/2022 3:17:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Dozens of concerned parents, teachers and students gathered Friday outside Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters demanding unvaccinated staff be allowed back on campus and in the classrooms to help with staffing shortages in the district.
Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said he will fill 400 classroom teacher vacancies by drawing from a pool of about 3,000 administrators and other school staff.
This comes after a report by Partnership for Los Angeles Schools said thousands of teachers, counselors and other school staff positions remain vacant in the district.
Teachers demonstrating Friday said they should be brought back because some who are filling the positions aren’t qualified, and that it will disproportionately affect special needs children and students of color.
One teacher who was fired over his refusal to get vaccinated addressed the staffing shortage district wide and said parents shouldn’t be concerned about his personal decision not to get inoculated against COVID-19.
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