Teachers recently threatened action against the state education department if the issues weren't resolved, offering a deadline of July 12 to take decisive action. July 12 marks the beginning of term 3 this year.

The state government recently announced a $6 billion dollar investment into regional schools, including approval for stage 2 of the Murrumbidgee Regional High School upgrade and further teaching incentives.

The upgrade is set to include landscaping, library upgrades and new outdoor areas, as well as converting several buildings for new purposes.

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Minister for education Sarah Mitchell said "To ensure regional communities continue to have a constant supply of quality teachers we are improving incentives and the midcareer pathways to teaching for professionals. We are also investing $125 million in a Teacher Supply Strategy, due for release later this year."

Yanco Agricultural High School is also benefiting, with new upgrades to the facilities being approved in the same budget.

President of the Griffith Teachers Association Jenna Woodland said it wouldn't be enough to put an end to the shortage. She highlighted Murrumbidgee Regional High School as an example.

"I know MRHS are nineteen teachers short and there continues to be up to 39 classes a day that are untaught ... It's not enough, it won't go very far at all. The state is short generally, but then once you come past the blue mountains, it becomes almost impossible to get teachers."

She promised that efforts to draw attention to the worsening crisis would increase until the government played ball in earnest.

"We've been walking schools out over the last few weeks, that will continue. I imagine schools will really begin to ramp it up if the government isn't willing to come to the table," she said.

"Nothing's changed. We'll be ramping it up from here on."

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