Good morning and welcome to Kid News! I'm Tori. Today is Thursday, April 27th, 2023.

And we begin with a message from one local little league to overzealous parents.

If you talk the talk, you'll have to walk the walk. In Deppford Township, New Jersey,

two volunteer umpires quit last week following instances of verbal abuse coming from parents in

the stands who argue their calls. Now those who think they could do the job better will have to prove it.

If a spectator is caught mouthing off during a game, a new rule requires them to suit up and

umpire three games before being allowed back in the stands. So far, the plan already has one

big fan, Little League International's president and CEO, Steven Keener, who says the idea shines

a light on the importance of treating everyone with respect on and off the field.

One Texas Town is taking a hands-on approach to the national teacher shortage by training its

high schoolers to become educators. In its first year, Cast Teach campus in San Antonio signed up

85 ninth graders who are getting real-life experience teaching music, STEM, and other subjects to

kids at a local elementary school. The need for more teachers is real. According to ABC News,

more than three quarters of U.S. states are experiencing a teacher shortage in San Antonio's

north side independent school district where Cast Teach is located, administrators had to fill

200 openings for this academic year. District leaders hope that the new program will turn out

teachers who stay and teach in the local community. Visitors to California's Yosemite National Park

have to put their hiking on hold. Rangers there are closing most of the natural attraction starting

tomorrow due to flooding concerns. After a massive winter snowfall, a heat wave has settled in over

much of the state, and it's expected to rapidly melt the snowpack, making roads, campsites,

and hiking trails wet, muddy, and difficult to navigate. The park is expected to reopen next week,

but Alan Haines, a local hydrologist, predicts the snow melt could continue into August.

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