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Local school district closed Friday due to sub shortage

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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP — A local school district announced that it will be closed on Friday.

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Jefferson Township Local School Superintendent Rhonda Welch told News Center 7 that several schools will be closed due to a substitute teacher shortage.

Those schools include Blairwood Elementary and Jefferson Junior/Senior High School.

Welch said there aren’t enough substitute teachers to have a “good classroom experience.”

News Center 7 will continue following this story.

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