Don A. Loftis teaches ancient history to sixth-graders and American history and civics to seventh- and eighth-graders.
"If I didn't know the subject so well, I'd be up a creek," Loftis says.
Loftis is one of many teachers at the new school who come from out of the Cambridge school district.
He says he is used to moving around. He has gone to school in Colorado, been an evangelist in Akron, Ohio, and--most recently--taught middle school in Sylacauga, Ala.
For his unit on economics, Loftis uses a favorite textbook he brought from Alabama. And for his other classes he has scrounged around to find materials and bought used books at stores around the city.
Now, he says, the textbook shortage is getting straightened out. He has new student textbooks and expects to get the teachers' editions and workbook supplements soon.
But he says he still has to fill in the gaps so his students' education meets state standards.
"Basically, the books don't match up too well," he says.
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