Newsom Executive Order Makes It Easier To Hire Substitute Teachers Amid Omicron Surge

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Scrambling to keep schools open during the omicron surge, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order making it easier for San Francisco Bay Area school districts to hire teachers and other employees amid staffing shortages brought on by the latest surge in coronavirus cases.

The current outbreak has created a crisis in the classroom as omicron infections or quarantines in the wake of close exposure to the virus has depleted the teaching ranks.

Schools in Palo Alto Unified have asked parents to volunteer as substitute instructors, the Oakland School for the Arts cancelled classes for the remainder of the week because a shortage of teachers and Hayward Unified has returned to remote learning this week amid the omicron surge.

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