At the April Board of Education meeting, the Clinton School Board made a host of hires for open teaching positions.

Hiring teachers for open positions is as challenging as its ever been for area schools. Superintendent Curt Nettles indicates they were fortunate to be able to bring on several new hires and fill some open positions.

Nettles indicates the teacher shortage is very real and is impacting every district. He says one of the benefits Clinton Schools have encountered is the children of current educators coming back to Clinton to teach.

Nettles believes there is a lot of value in hiring individuals they know because they will uphold the standards of the curriculum. This is valuable because, as he put it, an invasive sexual education curriculum is being put forward and Clinton schools are set to reject it.

Nettles believes young people are turned off by the teaching profession because of pay and teachers do not always get a fair shake. He points out Clinton Schools are trying to rectify the teacher pay portion of the challenges and says Clinton is a great place to teach.