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Even though the school year has started, MNPS is still looking to hire additional teachers, bus drivers and support staff.

Why are more teachers leaving the classroom?

As things stand right now, less than a month before the first day of school, Metro Nashville Public Schools is still hundreds of teachers short of what they need for each classroom.

There are hundreds of teacher vacancies across Middle Tennessee and more than 2,000 across the state.

The support side is where MNPS officials said they're seeing shortages.