The start of another school year is within the next week for many school districts across the state. However, many still have unfilled full-time classroom teacher positions.
According to Teach Iowa, there are still over 500 classroom teacher positions that are unfilled across the entire state. Out of those, 30 are world language teachers.
Joe Carter, superintendent at the Algona Community School District, said that applications for for all positions have greatly declined over the past decade.