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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of this issue comes down to pay.

My FIL - a retired teacher from another state - is a sub in FCPS. The pay is ridiculously low but he does it to stay busy during the day. Long term subs pay only a tiny bit more and come with more headaches. FIL refuses to take a long term job bc he doesn't want to have to deal with homework, and grading, and not being able to take a day off here and there. Not worth it to him.

What the school districts really need are floating teachers - paid the same as regular teachers - that can cover these long term absences. But that would cost money so back down to these hourly employees. [/quote]

This is exactly right. FCPS pays very little to long term subs, even if they're retired teachers from another state (to get the FCPS retiree pay sub rate, which is still too low, you have to be retired FROM FCPS). This is why it's very hard to find a decent long term sub, especially if you have an unexpected medical or family emergency and couldn't make arrangements well in advance. I used to sub in FCPS and saw plenty of long term positions filled by people who were definitely not qualified, but they were warm bodies and that's pretty much all the sub office seems to care about.

If enough parents went to the School Board and complained, they'd probably move on it. I'm pretty good at following meeting minutes and don't think I've ever seen anyone besides teachers or FEA/AFT members go before the board to discuss the need for more qualified subs who are paid a decent wage.[/quote]

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