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Forney ISD hears update from ESS as substitute fill rates climb to low 60s
Summary
District staff and ESS representatives said the district's partnership with ESS has increased substitute fill rates from about 48% to about 62%, onboarded hundreds of substitutes since August and converted dozens to district employees, while noting the district still aims for roughly 600 active substitutes.
Forney Independent School District trustees heard a detailed update on their substitute-teacher partnership with ESS (Education Management & Staffing Solutions), which the district began last fall to bolster classroom coverage.
Rick Gere, chief of human services, introduced ESS representatives who reported the program has onboarded 190 new substitutes since August, brought 129 existing district substitutes into the ESS system during the transition and now lists 271 active…
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