BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham City Schools is considering spending $606,495.60 in state funds to place certified teachers in eight vacant positions at five schools. The teachers would lead lessons remotely while long-term substitutes remain in the classrooms to help students.
Proximity Learning would provide the live, online instruction. The company’s senior vice president of strategy, Michael Robinson, told the school board that in-person teaching is better.
“It is not the best solution,” Robinson said during the board’s Oct. 27 work session. “The best solution is if I can get a highly qualified teacher to come to Birmingham City Schools, walk through that door But this is a second-best solution.”…