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Local schools struggle with substitute teacher shortages

Mount Baker schools, others scramble to keep students in classrooms

Substitute Nicole Kuklenski hands out assignments while covering an eighth-grade agricultural science class at Mount Baker Junior High on Jan. 18. Kuklenski is a career substitute working through her craziest year yet.
Substitute Nicole Kuklenski hands out assignments while covering an eighth-grade agricultural science class at Mount Baker Junior High on Jan. 18. Kuklenski is a career substitute working through her craziest year yet. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Hailey Hoffman Visual Journalist
On a day in a normal year, Mount Baker School District substitute teacher Nicole Kuklenski could sta
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