Rolla offers free rent to help fill teaching positions

For some areas, school starts next week, and for many Kansas communities, the struggle isn’t bringing students into the schools but the teachers.

USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett has worked all summer to fill two teaching positions.

After making some adjustments, he said they finally found someone.

“We decided, in order to attract people, we started out with six months free rent, and we’ve since then increased it to a year,” said USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett.