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Students at McFerran Preparatory Academy demonstrate how JCPS classes will look in the 2021-22 school year.
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JCPS has about 200 teaching vacancies in classrooms throughout the district, primarily because of the recently expanded Pathfinder School of Innovation and newly created positions thanks to federal COVID-19 relief funding.
GOP state Rep. Lynn Bechler says his pre-filed bill for the 2022 General Assembly would give parents the power to decide if their children should wear masks in response to COVID-19 or any other virus or disease.
Because of the statewide teacher shortage, school districts can go from hiring just 1% of retired teachers to 10%.
