Lack of Substitute Teachers Becoming Issue with District
October 26, 2023

Among the many events going on in Williamsburg School District, the high school's Haunted Hallways event last Thursday evening. Shown is WHS English teacher Emily Carper with Bryson Wyland-Prough and Austin Martin.
Superintendent Lisa Murgas talked to Williamsburg Community School Board last Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, about entering a contract with IU8 for substitutes. Murgas said that the district is hurting for substitutes, and this contract seems like another option besides the ESS program the district currently uses. The contract with IU8 Substitute Consortium will cost the district $500 for the school year.
"We will just see if that brings us more substitutes," Murgas said.
The district is also battling with substitutes heading to other districts for a district-wide position. Board member Patrici...
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