by Nancy Beal

The national shortage of teachers continued to play out locally last week, as again, approximately 20 members of the public turned out for the monthly meeting of the Jonesport Elementary School board meeting, concerned about the lack of a third-grade teacher. Despite advertising the post since last summer, the school had gotten little response. To fill the vacancy temporarily, the board brought in Joan Pulkkinen, who retired from teaching pre-K and kindergarten at Beals Elementary School and agreed to work until Christmas.