Nation’s school districts scrimp and improvise as pandemic funds dry up

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the nation’s public schools have spent $190 billion in federal relief on creative methods to replace departing K-12 teachers, bus drivers and administrators. Nationwide shortages in key support staff, administration, elementary school, special education, math, science and foreign language roles have persisted as the academic year winds down and the federal money runs dry.