The region’s school districts have a teacher hiring crisis on their hands.
Representatives from local schools have traveled thousands of miles to look for recent graduates who want to move to Florida for their first teaching jobs.
WINK-TV reports Charlotte County has 80 open teaching positions for the upcoming year.
The cost of living has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to convincing teachers to move here.
New teachers in Charlotte County this coming year make $38,000.
Some of them say that just doesn’t cut it, and many have second jobs to bring more money.