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"Most Milwaukee Public Schools resume Sept. 2, right, but the school district still needs teachers.In early July, MPS set out to hire nearly 140 teachers for this coming school year. They held a job fair looking specifically to fill middle school positions.VIDEO:\u00A0MPS in need of teachersThe district said it's made progress, but still need 86 more teachers. The specific target has expanded.\"Now, we need particularly in the specialty areas. Special education is what we need, bilingual, and bilingual special education would be the high area, and we have a few regular ed positions left,\" MPS Human Resources Officer Dr. Karen JacksonMPD is spreading the word nationwide. Teacher candidates can apply online at anytime.\"They can come from anywhere in the country, Milwaukee Public Schools does not have a residency requirement, so people who are just committed to being in Milwaukee can come and teach our children and they will be very welcomed, and we'll get them on board very quickly,\" Jackson said.MPS said it may not have all those positions filled by the time school starts, but one way or the other, school will be staffed with fully qualified teachers.There were 78,000 students in Milwaukee schools last year. There could be 1,000 more this year.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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