A TWO-YEAR COURT BATTLE between West Contra Costa Unified School District, three of its teachers and a public advocacy law firm has ended with a ruling that will require the school district to hire more qualified teachers.
The ruling by the California First District Court of Appeal this past Thursday overturned a 2024 decision by the Contra Costa County Superior Court, which had found in favor of the school district after its attorneys argued that it had no choice but to assign substitute teachers to classrooms because of a national teacher shortage.
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