Students are preparing to head back to the classrooms but there's a teacher shortage and safety concerns looming over the Houston Independent School District.
As students prepare to head back to the classroom there's a teacher shortage and safety concerns looming over theAt one point during summer break, HISD had more than 800 teacher openings, during a press briefing Wednesday, the district says they'll be starting the school year with 95 percent of those positions filled. House assured parents they've got the staff in place to make sure every student receives a quality education.
"We are continuously working with our local health agencies including the Houston health department to train our nurses and ensure we have best practices in place," said Candice Castillo, head of HISD student support services."We would be as prepared as one could be," said Superintendent House. The HISD chief of police says in the case of an active shooter situation, the confusion we saw in Uvalde among responding law enforcement won't happen on his watch.
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