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Pfankuch talks SD's shortage of classroom substitutes making learning more difficult

Substitute teacher Laurie Hansen Neisen ran students through a math lesson at Creekside Elementary School in Spearfish in fall 2021. Hansen Neisen has been a substitute teacher for about 10 years.
Courtesy Mark Watson
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Black Hills Pioneer
Substitute teacher Laurie Hansen Neisen ran students through a math lesson at Creekside Elementary School in Spearfish in fall 2021. Hansen Neisen has been a substitute teacher for about 10 years.

The attached interview above is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment.

Keeping classrooms staffed in South Dakota has been challenging. With full-time teachers falling ill or having to fill in for colleagues, the need for substitutes has increased. The pool for those substitutes is shallow. Bart Pfankuch is with South Dakota Newswatch.

Click here for Pfankuch's full story.