Despite recent positive signs of academic recovery, the plans that administrators have for spending the rest of their ESSER funds prove some students are still struggling.

The guardians would train twice a year inside of the school, and the county sheriff would oversee their duties, Wilcox said. Guardians would undergo mental health evaluations and de-escalation training. Their training would also include firearms proficiency.

The questions the students asked ranged from how their fellow classmates would be involved in administrative decision making in the future, what the candidates would do to help long-term substitute teachers, and how they would be visible in school buildings.

University of Kansas professor Misty Heggeness has created a Taylor Swift curriculum—Swiftynomics 101—to help high school and college teachers convey economics lessons by analyzing the 34-year-old pop star's effect on the NFL's business.