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in some D.C. area districts fell last year compared to the term prior, the region’s seven major systems reported at least 2,300 vacancies just weeks before the start of the school year.
In Fairfax County, the largest public school system in Virginia, 726 teachers quit their jobs during the 2022-2023 school year — a decline from 896 in 2021-2022. Fewer teachers also left Arlington’s public schools, from 284 during the 2021-2022 school year to 164 last school year.Meanwhile in Prince George’s County, officials counted 1,126 resignations between July 2022 and this July. Last year, they said 989 teachers quit between June 2021 and July 2022.
D.C.’s public school system reported 360 resignations last school year — an average of roughly 37 resignations per month, district officials said. Between January and June 2022, 372 teachers quit their jobs, The Postin pandemic relief aid, the final round of more than $190 billion in federal funds intended to help schools navigate the pandemic. Schools — in the D.C.
that could drop school systems into financial disarray as they try to readjust to their smaller, pre-pandemic budgets.
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