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According to the article Survey Highlights Ongoing Teacher Shortage for Arizona Schools by Eryka Forquer 

“As of January, nearly 2,000 teacher positions remained vacant, and 944 teachers have resigned since the start of the school year, according to the survey of 143 school districts and charter schools. Today’s release of ASPAA’s survey results are startlingly, but not altogether surprising,” Morgan Dick, public information officer for the Arizona Department of Education, said in an email. “Arizona classrooms have faced a critical teacher shortage for years, and like many issues of inequities and underfunding, COVID-19 has impacted our educator workforce.”

As of January 31% of teacher positions in the surveyed districts remained vacant, the survey said, and 47.7% of teacher positions were filled by individuals who did not meet standard teacher requirements. With 78.7% of teacher positions remaining vacant or being filled by individuals who do not meet the standard requirements, according to the survey, Dick said that solving the teacher shortage issue should be a priority.”
According to NPR in A Special Ed Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse 
 “In 2019, 44 states reported special education teacher shortages to the federal government. This school year, that number jumped to 48. For years, most states have reported a shortage of special education teachers. Now, according to federal data, nearly every state is struggling to hire qualified educators. And when schools can't find a licensed teacher, they hire people who are willing to do the job, but lack the training.”
END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES
Relive this year's Middle School experience in this slideshow, also played at graduation.
ELEMENTARY II
Grades
4-6
WATCH Passage to
Middle School Video
Watch this fun-filled moment of 6th Year Students
taking their "plunge" into Middle School.
ELEMENTARY I
Grades
1-3
WATCH Passage Ceremony Video
Watch this unforgettable moment of 4th Year Students
first being welcomed into Elementary II community.
PRIMARY COMMUNITY
WATCH Passage Ceremony Video
Watch this precious moment of Kindergarten Students saying goodbye to their former community and receiving a warm welcome into Elementary I community.
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