The hiring process for public school teachers is incredibly corrupt.
One district around here received 3000 resumes for a single opening. The job went to a relative of a school board member.
My co-worker has a neighbor who is a very good math teacher. He took a one-year sub position at a local district when that teacher went on maternity leave. She decided not to come back. He thought he would be offered the job based on his very good performance and test scores.
Instead the board opened it up to other applicants and.....you guessed it....hired a girl fresh out of college who was related to a school board member.
This guy is now a private tutor, and most of his clientele are kids from this school where the girl they hired evidently can’t teach math.
This explains why we keep hiring such low-quality individuals that you see “teacher has sex with students” stories in the news every other week.
I’m in SW Pa ... same thing here ... where are you ?