Hundreds of Clayton County classrooms don’t have teachers days before school starts back

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — With just a little more than a week until the new school year, Clayton County Public Schools is looking for hundreds of teachers to get into classrooms.

The school district confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they currently have 244 teacher vacancies across the district.

To help fill some of those positions, the school district is hosting a hiring fair on Wednesday.

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The first day of school for students is Thursday, August 1. Staff begin their preplanning days on Friday.

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The fair is being held at the M.D. Roberts School of the Arts on Walt Stephens Road in Jonesboro from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

You can register for the fair by clicking here.

For more Back 2 School info and details on this year’s Stuff the Bus drive, click here.

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