On average, 100 suburban school districts are paying substitute teachers a base daily wage of $132, with many providing additional loyalty bonuses or higher wages for long-term jobs, but many administrators say they re still often short-handed.
Despite a decline in enrollment in the 2021 school year for most suburban school districts, personnel figures and staffing costs rose because of the pandemic.
Haymarket has filed a lawsuit after last year's unanimous vote by the Itasca Village Board against allowing a substance-use rehab center to open there.
Haymarket Center filed a federal discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the village of Itasca, claiming elected officials violated civil rights laws by denying the nonprofit s request to open an addiction treatment and recovery facility in the DuPage County town.
Supporters and opponents of a drug-treatment center in Itasca made a last attempt to sway opinion Tuesday before the village board finally votes next week on the 2½-year-old proposal.