Quebec's education system struggling with shortages

More than 3,800 teaching positions unfilled

- MAURA FORREST

Lately, Karine Boudreau has toyed with the idea of quitting.

For most of her 18-year career as a school psychologist, the thought of doing something else never crossed her mind.

But in the last four years, she's been feeling stretched too thin to do right by the students.

"The satisfaction in my job is harder to find. The workload has increased a lot," she said. "Do I continue? Am I going to be able to reach the end of my career in this environment? I think about it."

As students across Quebec head back to school next week, the province is staring down an intractable staffing shortage: more than 3,800 teaching positions remained unfilled as of Wednesday.