Houston Teacher's United tweeted that 1 in 12 teachers in Houston Independent School District have given notice that they won't be returning next year.
school district's career openings, and as of May 13th, there are 836 job openings for certified teachers. Houston area school districts offering bonuses to address teacher shortages worsened by COVID-19
"I talk to teachers every day who have not even informed HISD that they are not returning. It means they will have another year of doubling up classes, they’ll have another year without a certified qualified teacher in the classroom" she said. "HISD is working every day to keep as many of our teachers as possible and to recruit amazing new teachers to join us, and the data we have today are encouraging. More than 93% of HISD teachers reported that they plan to continue teaching with HISD in the fall. In fact, more than 8,000 teachers joined Commit: HISD, an incentive program through which they committed to teach in HISD for at least three more years.
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