The problem has been well documented, but school superintendents across the state are still working to fill teaching vacancies for the school term that begins in about six weeks.

Rob Monson, Executive Director of the School Administrators of South Dakota, says the supply of potential teachers is shrinking…

 

Monson says the applicant pool fell considerably from just a year ago…

 

Monson says while high school students are introduced to education as a career, the paybacks are not attractive enough to many of them…

 

Monson says even if pay was greatly increased this year, it would take five to ten years to fill the vacancy pool.