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The U.S. is just one day away from the presidential inauguration and authorities are anxiously hoping we can reach that milestone without any more violence. Watchful eyes are not only on the U.S. Capitol but on statehouses all over the country as well.
Members of the Aiken County Board of Education brainstormed solutions to the school district's substitute teacher shortage at its Dec. 8 meeting. A lack of substitute teachers was part of the board's Nov. 17 decision to move schools back to hybrid instructional models â a combination of in-person classes and distance learning days. The Back-to-School Advisory Committee reported declining fill rates for classrooms in need of substitutes that month, when district-wide quarantines peaked as students attended full-capacity classes. North Augusta High, for example, reported regularly assignin...