Atlanta Superintendent Erroll Davis confirmed Monday that a group of special education teachers who have failed to become highly qualified in the subjects they teach aren’t being offered contract renewals for next school year.
About 50 people attended a community meeting at Therrell High School to voice their concerns that dozens of special education teachers in Atlanta Public Schools could lose their jobs.
Davis said that these teachers signed contracts more than two years ago that required them to gain additional certifications, and they had a responsibility to do so by the end of this school year.
Davis said contract nonrenewals are motivated by a desire to have all of the school district’s teachers become highly qualified, and budget cuts have nothing to do with the issue.
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