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I-Team: Many North Texas Schools Unable To Find Substitute Teachers Half The Time During Pandemic

Due to COVID-19 cases and quarantine guidelines, North Texas schools districts are seeing a record number of teacher absences.

(CBS News)

January 06, 2021

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Due to COVID-19 cases and quarantine guidelines, North Texas schools districts are seeing a record number of teacher absences and are struggling to find enough substitutes.

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While the demand for substitute teachers across the area is high, school districts say the pool of qualified and willing applicants this year is significantly down.

While most DFW school districts say finding substitutes this year has been harder, the CBS 11 I-Team found some districts are struggling far more than others to find substitutes.

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