Senior Executive Director of Employee Recruitment, Learning, and Retention at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Ashauna Harris spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Tuesday, March 21st. She discussed the challenges around recruiting and maintaining school staff, and what CHCCS does differently.
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