Absence database: How Often Are Teachers Absent at Your CPS School -- and When?

I'm glad this information is available. I think this is a good way of measuring teacher performance. I'm a teacher myself and I know in my school teacher absences are rare. Unfortunately, my school is not listed somehow. At my previous school, the number of teacher absences is pretty high. The key is, what happens in the classroom when teachers are absent. At my previous school, there were no subs so students were simply sent to the lunchroom. In my current school, we actually have subs who follow our sub plans.

Its not that subs are hard to find... its that schools have to spend money on subs and the more teachers you have absent, the more subs you need and need to manage. My old school did not want to spend the time, money, or effort in getting subs. On any given day, we would have at least 5 out of 125 teachers absent. Doesn't sound like a lot I know but 1 teacher has 5 classes, each class with an average of 28 students.

My current school has a much more professional administration and faculty. We have far fewer teachers absent and we also have an expectation that if we are out, we provide notice so the office can get "good" subs.

The Fox article, while informative, only provides numbers. It does not show the impact of those absences in each school. I'd be very interested to know how many subs each of those students had and compare that number with the number of teacher absences.