A Nystrom Elementary School teacher in West Contra Costa Unified works with a student on sight words.
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Update — West Contra Costa Unified had 75 vacancies by Tuesday, Aug. 22
Amid the ongoing national teacher shortage, West Contra Costa Unified started its second week of the 2023-24 school year with 80 teacher vacancies, which may lead to shuffling teachers during the first few weeks of school.
According to the district’s spokesperson, Elizabeth Sanders, when the school year started on Aug. 15, the district had 99 unfilled teacher vacancies out of about 1,500 certificated positions. Certificated staff are largely teachers, but include counselors, librarians and instructional coaches. By Tuesday, the number of unfilled teacher vacancies in the district was down to 75, Sanders said.
Last year, at least a half-dozen of the district’s teachers were reassigned to different schools or…
