East Penn School District (EPSD) Data (see data below) was supposed to show the shortages of substitute teacher availability.
But, more importantly, it rather shows the large number of full time EPSD teachers that take off every day of the school year. Highlighting why there is a so called shortage of Subs.
EPSD “Dashboard” shows 540 full time union teachers contracted to work 192, 7Hr., twenty minute school days.
The data shows 540 full time teachers in EPSD absent a combined 4,048 days of the 83 day data period! Every day a teacher is absent a substitute, each costing $100-$200/day, is called to replace each absent teacher.
Costing EPSD, really taxpayers, an additional $1-2million for substitutes/year
Extrapolating, over 9% or ~50 full time EPSD teachers, on average, are absent every day of their contracted 192, 7Hr., twenty minute school days!
Data shows, on average, every teacher takes 17 “absentee” days or over 3 weeks off every 192, 7Hr., twenty minute school day of their contract year. That doesn’t include, 16 holidays and 2 snow days. Add all this together and it makes a 157/day school year, plus summers off.
The absentee range goes from 10 teachers absent a day on the first week of school, which was only a two day week, up to an amazing high of 72 teachers/day, >13% of all teachers absent, two weeks before Christmas.
2016- Four month Data on Teacher Absences/vacancies
| Teacher Absences
day/wk. out/wk. out/day %/wk. |
Sub not needed | Sub needed | Filled | Unfilled | %Fill Rate | |
| Sept. 1-3 | 2day/wk., 21/wk., 10/day, 1.9%avr | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100% |
| 4-10 | 5day wk., 111/wk., 22/day, 4.1% | 37 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 100% |
| 11-17 | 5day wk., 196/wk., 39/day, 7.2% | 51 | 145 | 142 | 3 | 98% |
| 18-24 | 5day wk., 217/wk,. 43/day, 8.0% | 57 | 160 | 159 | 1 | 99% |
| 25-30 | 5day wk., 272/wk., 54/day, 10.07% | 63 | 209 | 203 | 6 | 97% |
| Month | 22day/M, 817/M, 37/day, 6.7% | 218 | 599 | 589 | 10 | 98% |
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Teacher Absences
day/wk. out/wk. out/day %/wk. |
Sub not needed | Sub needed | Filled | Unfilled | %Fill Rate |
| Oct. 2-8 | 5day wk., 301/wk., 60/day, 11.2% | 105 | 196 | 182 | 14 | 93% |
| 9-15 | 5day wk., 183/wk., 36/day, 6.8% | 106 | 77 | 73 | 4 | 95% |
| 16-22 | 5day wk., 310/wk., 62/day, 11.5% | 88 | 222 | 213 | 9 | 96% |
| 23-29 | 5day wk., 291/wk., 58/day, 10.8% | 79 | 212 | 200 | 12 | 94% |
| 30-31 | 1day wk., 56/wk., 56/day, 10.4% | 17 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 95% |
| Month | 21day/M, 1141/M, 54/day, 10.1% | 395 | 746 | 705 | 41 | 95% |
| Teacher Absences
day/wk. out/wk. out/day %/wk. |
Sub not needed | Sub needed | Filled | Unfilled | %Fill Rate | |
| Nov. 1-5 | 4day wk. 229/wk. 46/day 10.6% | 56 | 173 | 166 | 7 | 96% |
| 6-12 | 5day wk. 305/wk. 61/day 11.3% | 73 | 232 | 211 | 21 | 91% |
| 13-19 | 5day wk. 280/wk. 56/day 10.4% | 75 | 205 | 175 | 30 | 85% |
| 20-26 | 5day wk. 123/wk. 24/day 4.6% | 45 | 78 | 75 | 3 | 96% |
| 27-30 | 3day wk. 111/wk. 22/day 6.9% | 36 | 75 | 71 | 2 | 95% |
| Month | 23day/M 1048/M 46/day 8.4% | 285 | 763 | 698 | 63 | 91% |
| Teacher Absences
day/wk. out/wk. out/day %/wk. |
Sub not needed | Sub needed | Filled | Unfilled | %Fill Rate | |
| Dec. 1-3 | 2day wk. 102/wk. 20/day 9.8% | 29 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 99% |
| 4-10 | 5day wk. 321/wk. 64/day 11.9% | 91 | 230 | 207 | 23 | 90% |
| 11-17 | 5day wk. 358/wk. 72/day 13.3% | 97 | 261 | 222 | 39 | 85% |
| 18-24 | 5day wk. 261/wk. 52/day 9.7% | 77 | 184 | 166 | 18 | 90% |
| Vacation wk. | N/A N/A N/A N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Month | 17day/M 1042/M 61/day 11.4% | 294 | 748 | 667 | 81 | 89 |
| 83day/totals | 4048 absent/83days= 49 teaches absent every day on average | 1192 | 2856 | 2659 | 195 | 93% |
| Daily/aver | ~50 teachers/day or 9.1% total teaching staff out every day | 14 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 94% |