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Superintendent: 61 teacher vacancies to start school; district using long-term subs and visa recruitment
Summary
Superintendent Joe Griffin told the board the district began the school year with 61 teacher vacancies, including 18 special-education openings; the district said it is using long-term substitutes, online platforms, J-1/H-1 recruitment and internal staffing adjustments while it works to fill positions.
Superintendent Joe Griffin told the Santa Fe Public School Board of Education Aug. 14 that the district began the 2025-26 school year with 61 teacher vacancies, including 18 special-education positions.
Griffin said the vacancies were distributed across multiple campuses and that the district's immediate response included placing long-term substitutes, expanding school-based substitute programs, exploring an…
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