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Principal Amy Veytsman, left, and Jeannine Bara, right, a preschool assistant, help children as parents drop off students at Prairie Trails School in Mount Prospect on Oct. 6, 2021. River Trails District 26 is one of the districts facing  a shortage of employees.
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Principal Amy Veytsman, left, and Jeannine Bara, right, a preschool assistant, help children as parents drop off students at Prairie Trails School in Mount Prospect on Oct. 6, 2021. River Trails District 26 is one of the districts facing a shortage of employees.
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COVID-19 is not the only challenge facing Illinois schools this fall, including River Trails District 26, where a shortage of employees has demanded an all-hands-on-deck strategy for getting students safely off the bus when they arrive at school each morning.