One Missouri school district has resorted to hiring its own high school students in response to ongoing staffing shortages. The state’s Northwest School District hosted a job fair to address several open positions, according to a local FOX2 Now outlet, ranging from child care assistance to cleaning. “Some of the positions have been short-staffed since last year,” District Chief Operating Officer Kim Hawk said. “We just have struggled to find any help at all, and if you drive around and look at the ‘Help Wanted’ signs everywhere, you know the competition is stiff. So, we knew we had to come up with some other plan,” she added. The chief human resources leader for the district, Mark Catana, also reported the decision was due to the nationwide staffing shortage. “Prior to COVID we were experiencing a shortage of applicants but the pandemic has made the situation worse,” Catalana told the local …