The San Francisco Chronicle – Jill Tucker
“In September, there were 1,618 teacher sick calls, but only 1,325 substitute shifts to cover their classrooms. In other words, when a teacher calls in sick, there’s a 20 percent chance this school year that a principal will have to scramble to find someone — a counselor, librarian, another teacher or the principal herself — to lead the class full of kids.” (more)