Clinton High School is operating without a Spanish teacher this year and it is creating a uniquely complex situation.

High School Principal Jerry Wayne indicates without a Spanish teacher, all students are turning to German teacher Joe Scanavino for their foreign language class.

According to Wayne, they could easily just hire someone to have a teacher but he doesn't believe that is how you create a good learning environment and so they dial in on candidates that would fit the culture of the high school.

The high school is currently dealing with a bottleneck as students seek to take a foreign language in the only class offered. Wayne points out, that this problem could worsen in the next few years with high school students required to take two years of a foreign language to graduate.

For Wayne, he believes the two-year foreign langauge requirement and the ongoing teacher shortage will make things challenging for school leaders and even students in the years ahead.