South Florida Schools Scramble To Address Teacher Shortage Due To COVID-19

By Peter D'Oench, CBS Miami

January 6, 2022

Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the number of teachers calling in sick on Tuesday, after the Christmas break, dropped compared with Monday and he said he was hopeful the situation would improve by the end of the week.

CBS4’s Peter D’Oench caught up with Carvalho after he returned to Miami Jackson Senior High School where he started his career in 1990 and where he was teaching a class in Environmental Science.

"Today, 1,700 teachers were out sick,” said Carvalho. That compared with 2,110 teachers who were out sick on the Monday after the Christmas break and with 1,333 teachers who were out sick last year on the Monday after the Christmas break.

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