It's not only a challenge to keep people in the profession; there's an obvious shortfall in the number of wannabe educators coming through the pipeline.
"A lot of schools are competing for the same seemingly limited pool of candidates," Sal Randazzo, coordinator of communications for the Deptford Township School District, told New Jersey 101.5.
Statewide, local property taxes pay for about half of what schools spend. But it varies significantly, over 80% in some places and under 10% in others.
As New Jersey school districts are reviewing curriculum for the upcoming year, Toms River and Marlboro are among those fact-checking how updated education standards might look in class.
The state's continued guidance to screen for coronavirus among school staff with no symptoms no longer aligns with the updated federal COVID recommendations.