It sounds like it is a mess everywhere!  I go between our elementary and middle school.  At the elementary level, I haven't had to cover very much but our instrumental teacher covers often as do our paraeducators.  I am booked solid at the elementary level so there aren't many times to pull me without impacting the plan periods of the classroom teachers.  At my middle school, at least once a week, I lose a plan period to cover classes.  Our superintendent has covered classes as has our custodian.  And forget about buses, we regularly have students arriving 45 minutes late because a driver has to drop of one run and then go grab another run.  After school, we often have kids hanging around for an additional 45 minutes waiting for a bus to come back to grab them. 

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 7:49 AM Kenneth Dunaj <dunajk@wiltonps.org> wrote:
Hi Casey,

We are typically managing our HS LLC space during the day with digital literacy classes and students who are unassigned (11th and 12th graders).  When there are no teachers or substitutes available, many of our teaching brethren direct their students to work in the LLC if there are no substitutes.  It is obvious when several teachers are out and there are no substitutes. 

Best,

Ken 
 
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Wilton High School
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:26 PM Jennifer Larkin <jlarkin24@gmail.com> wrote:
Casey - fortunately I have never been asked to cover classes, and they have never sent a class to the library because of a shortage. 

Jen
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On Oct 18, 2021, at 3:25 PM, LaPlante, Casey <LaPlanteC@granbyschools.org> wrote:

Dear colleagues—

How many of you spent a portion of the past week as a substitute because of the lack of classroom coverage by actual substitutes? It’s worse than ever this year, and not only when media specialists are covering classes, but also when one substitute covers multiple classes without coverage in the Media Center. Today we had one substitute covering six teachers’ classes in the MC, closed to all other students. It’s unfair to students, teachers, and substitutes, and I’m wondering how much worse it is in other districts. 

Thanks in advance—
Casey
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