BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WBFF) — Baltimore County Public Schools is struggling to find enough substitute teachers just months after ending an outsourcing contract, forcing teachers, administrators and other school employees to cover classes.
The system ended its four-year contract with Kelly Education to manage substitutes on July 1. The decision to bring substitute teacher staffing back in-house was among the cost-cutting measures approved last year under former Superintendent Myriam Rogers, Bill Heiser’s predecessor.
Heiser estimated the savings at $3 million to $5 million, since the district still has to pay substitutes’ salaries whether it works with Kelly or not.
As a result, administrators, paraeducators, English language development and teachers are getting pulled from other responsibilities to cover for colleagues, Kelly Olds, president of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County said.
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