California is suffering from a teacher shortage and offering signing bonuses amid returning to in-person learning. The state teacher shortage has been occurring for years, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic escalated the issue as many school personnel retired or resigned. “We are absolutely strained,” Hasmig Minassian, a ninth-grade teacher at Berkely High School told The Associated Press. “This has been an incredibly stressful start to the year.” Teachers at Berkely High School are facing an early school year burnout as the shortage results in the teachers filling in as substitutes where they usually wouldn’t have to. “It doesn’t feel like there are enough adults on these campuses to keep kids really safe,” Minassian said. “You know the early videos of nurses crying in their cars? I kind of expect those to come out of teachers.” Schools throughout the state are experiencing a need for teachers in the subjects of math, …