Schools nationwide are running out of bus drivers, lunch food, and even teachers. KCUR's Jodi Fortino reports on how schools in the Kansas City area are dealing with this shortage.

Also, thousands of Kansas families chose to keep their preschoolers and kindergarteners home during the pandemic. Kansas News Service reporter Suzanne Perez checks in as those students head to school for the first time.

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