(TNS) — As schools prepare to reopen Thursday after summer break, East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says he is still looking for teachers, but vacancies are down compared with a year ago.
“We’re in a much better position,” said Cole, who spoke Monday to the Baton Rouge Press Club.
He said the school system had 72 teaching vacancies as of Saturday, down from close to 200 a year ago. And overall vacancies stood at 103, down from more than 300 a year ago…