LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Lincoln Public School officials announced this week the district is close to fully staffed , adding more than 300 teachers and leaving just five classroom teaching jobs open heading into August.

Being fully staffed helps contribute to another one of their priorities — balancing classroom sizes.

“Class size, as you can imagine, makes a difference for individualized attention for every student,” said Dr. Sarah Salem, associate superintendent for teaching and learning. “And so when you think about a classroom who may have students with a variety of different needs, (it’s good) anytime you can increase the opportunity for teachers to get around and make those individual connections with every student.“

By Aug. 13, all of Lincoln’s more than 42,000 public school stud

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