I recently learned that at one Clark County high school the algebra teacher has taken at least one week off for jury duty. With the teacher shortage in math, science, and special education, it seems absurd to take a (hopefully) qualified teacher out of the classroom for a week and replace that teacher with a substiture teacher, euphemistically called a "guest teacher" by Clark County school administrators, who often can't spell algebra, let alone teach it.

Each day that the regular teacher is not in the classroom there are probably 125 or more students who aren't getting the education they need. Seems to me a simple solution would be an exemption from jury duty--at least while the teacher's school is in session.