Substitute teachers are in short supply in New Jersey and across the country, leaving some school districts unable to open for in-person learning. To solve that problem, Wayne is double the rate it offers substitutes, from $100 a day to $200.

The strategy is working, securing 80 new substitutes in a district that spent half the year with a shortage of 100 staff positions.

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