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ESS reports improved substitute fill rates as Hamilton County prepares for contract renewal
Summary
ESS told the Hamilton County Board of Education it has raised substitute fill rates from roughly 63% after the pandemic to about 82%, cited hiring 3,625 substitutes under the current contract and signaled a contract-renewal request ahead of an end-of-June expiration.
Mary Davis, vice president of operations for ESS, told the Hamilton County Board of Education at its Feb. 19 work session that the district's substitute staffing metrics have improved under ESS's six-year partnership and ahead of a planned contract-renewal request.
Davis said ESS had 826 individual substitutes working in 2025 and is aiming for a bench of 900; the district averaged 253 substitutes per day in the most recent fall and ESS reported an overall fill-rate increase from about 63% in the first full year after the pandemic to about 79%, later rising into the low 80s. "We ended last year, 24, 25 school year with a 79% fill rate," Davis said, adding the company now…
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