School resumes in just a few weeks and this year both Sarasota County School District and Manatee County School District have increased their recruitment efforts for new teachers. Sarasota County School District currently has 64 teacher openings, which is about half of the numbers of teacher openings they had this time last year. Manatee County School District has also increased their teacher recruitment efforts this year. The district currently has 26 teacher openings which is less than the 151 teacher openings they had this time last year.