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This is such a specific question that it's suspicious. Why are you asking?

With such an acute sub shortage. are there ways to relieve pressure? Could temporarily scaling back required PD during school hours reduce the demand for subs? It could give teachers a break temporarily as well given all the other things they're juggling. But maybe APS already does this, which was what the question related to. If PD is scheduled but it can be adjusted depending on sub availability, that's another way to relieve pressure too.
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What on earth makes you think there is all this PD going on during regular school hours? There simply isn't. This is a red herring.
Some ways to resolve the problem:
--have the Syphax staff help out
--have parents, community members, and local business folks sign up to be subs[/quote]
Jay Mathews had a column a while back where he highlighted one sub's assignments.  (Yes, a sample size of one is just that). But it was remarkable how many assignments were due to increased time demands being placed on teachers to juggle a range of requirements from planning, admin meetings, etc. Curious if this applies here as well.
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/substitute-teachers-use-less/2021/08/22/ff3d4946-0031-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html

With the sub shortage persisting unfortunately, any way to decrease sub pressure while simultaneously lifting additional demands on teachers could be helpful. Of course, trying to get more community members to sign up would be best.[/quote]

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