'That would only happen absolutely as a very, very last resort - and then that would have to be an executive decision that would be made with the board of management,' she said. Ms Juliet said they are 'extremely worried' about having to send children home as result of staff shortages.ДЄnd she added that they 'absolutely' want the resumption of contact tracing in schools. Meanwhile, the school has been forced to use support teachers to teach classes to combat the shortage of teachers. She also said that colleagues have advertised a total of seven jobs and had received no applications.

'We are at a crisis point over staffing shortages.' She said: 'Last month we advertised a job, a fixed-term temporary job, which would normally get a lot of applications, and we only had one application for that job. Paula Juliet is principal of the Thornleigh Educate Together primary school in Swords, and she told Dublin Live that the school is concerned over Covid's effect on getting substitute teachers. Low numbers of teachers applied for vacant permanent and substitute posts at schools contacted by Dublin Live.Д¬hildren returned to the classroom yesterday following the mid-term break amid concerns following a surge in Covid cases. Staffing issues at Dublin schools have reached a 'crisis point' - and a lack of Covid-19 contact tracing is keeping potential new teachers away.

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