Schools struggle to solve shortages

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Right: Springfield Public Schools, which includes Page Elementary, has at least 50 open positions posted. Other area school districts are facing the same hiring challenges.

Shortages of substitutes are a common theme in regional school districts, and are leaving staff feeling stretched thin.

That’s according to Stephanie Rogers, an educational assistant at Bohemia Elementary School, who addressed the South Lane school board this week with concerns that staff is taking the brunt…