Teacher Absences & Subs
By Lynn Glickman, Lynn Glickman, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources on 6/21/2018
The Truth Is… We Could Not Run Our Schools Without Our Substitutes
On any given Friday in May, my school district is struggling to fill our substitute vacancies. Many of our highly regarded substitutes are retired teachers, and by May they have worked all of the days that our state’s retirement system will allow. In addition, May brings college graduations and weddings and, well, a wide array of reasons for our teachers to be absent from work. And yet… learning must continue.
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