The Anne Arundel school system still will be short on some staffing next year even though the County Council provided its full request for special education teachers and staffing at the new Gambrills-area school, a schools official said.

“Although we were fully funded in the 44 special education teachers we asked for [in the operating budget], we had recently identified the need for about 69, leaving us about 25 short,” said Susan Bowen, the school system?s director of budget and finance.