Homewood School District 153 is filling its classroom and specialists vacancies in anticipation of the first day of school Aug. 20.
School districts have struggled to fill positions the past five years, but Superintendent Scott McAlister said he was “somewhat optimistic” that people are again looking at teaching for a career.
At the July 14 meeting, the school board approved the appointments of Emily Husa as a fourth-grade teacher, Isabel Smith as a third-grade teacher,…
