Colorado schools going back with too few teachers, drivers and declining enrollments

In Jefferson County Schools, which resumes for most students on Thursday, the district is still looking to hire 11 teachers, 35 paraprofessionals, and 27 special education teachers, despite decades of declining enrollments due to a drop in birth rates and rising housing costs.

[@darkdan3379]

Do a skit on indoctrination...

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

Teachers are not babysitters. Parents need to give teachers more respect and their children need to come to school ready.

[@sjh60633]

27 special ed teachers???? When I went to middle school, we had two total and the kids that were deemed special ed were maybe six in total. This is all BS.

[@Highlyskeptical]

"There's a kid that makes teachers cry every single day"...that about sums up why there a fewer teachers despite paid summers, good pensions and decent pay.

[@huiyingluo6934]

pay them more!

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

A drop in birth rate means less men on child support. 🦅

[@jeffgutierrez8796]

Public education promotes mediocrity and fails brilliance. We home schooled as a result, we haven't had any problems with grooming, bullying or violence.

[@Kjack2023]

Teacher=glorified babysitter

[@boratbefunny]

Woke politicians, woke education system and a weak justice system=

[@trevorD1156]

Duh, why would anyone wanna be a teacher? Basically you have to marry someone rich or have roommates to afford to live at the pathetic wages they get paid.

[@katiesioux7757]

Pay lawmakers minimum wage per diem and the balance can go for education. Stop dumbing down Americans!

[@edwardnewago1747]

"Education" is causing the dumbing down of America.

[@katiesioux7757]

@@edwardnewago1747 so is the woke generation of offended gender confused

[@katiesioux7757]

I think the woke craziness and gender discussions with children is a turn off for truly wise , caring people.

[@Amanwalksn2abar]

Republicans fault!!!

[@007MJFan]

Was that supposed to be a sarcastic comment? This state has gotten more blue than any other state in the last 20 years but the schools have gotten progressively worst. What republican?

[@wlals175]

We live in a blue blue blue state, not the Republicans fault but the democrats fault 100% school enrollment is down because people don't want their children indoctrinated anymore. Online school because of C opened up a lot of parents' eyes

[@Coolranchpepe]

that's what happens when you try to groom our kids