Although the School District of Lee County continues to reduce teaching vacancies, it still struggles with teachers leaving the district.
Human Resources Executive Director Dr. Shanna Johnston said during Tuesday’s School Board meeting that the district began a four-month initiative in January to focus on recruitment as it is one of their priorities — to align their vision and mission with recruiting, developing and maintaining highly developed staff.
At the beginning of the initiative, the district had 211 instructional vacancies, which is now at 31 open and advertised. Seventeen of those positions are core instructional, she said…