Forced Out by Storm, Teachers Seek News of Job Openings, Pay
Host states relax hiring rules, while federal government mulls ‘highly qualified’ waivers.
When Komal Bhasin heard that her New Orleans school was shutting down in preparation for a hurricane, she anticipated having an extra, leisurely day for lesson planning. Instead, the teacher fled to Huntsville, Ala., to escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina.
Now, she has no idea when or whether she will return to New Orleans, and if her school and her job will still be there.
Thousands of displaced teachers from Louisiana and Mississippi struggled to put their lives back together last week, anxiously awaiting news of jobs and paychecks disrupted by the...
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