The funnier thing is that Jersey City has two universities that offer education up to the Masters level in the city. Part of becoming a teacher is getting your substitute license. It could be rather unattractive to sub in this city. The pay may be low and well the student population may scare some subs. I am sure we all remember torturing subs in our own day.

The irony of this is utterly astounding.

Why are there no substitutes?! Oh, I don't know, maybe it's because the occupation is getting gutted and salaries are dropping...

See how much money Jersey City is spending on substitute teachers . . .

The Jersey City Public Schools? Substitute Teacher Shortage
June 11, 2015 - Brigid D'Souza - Education

Jersey City has an expensive and pervasive substitute teacher staffing problem. When Dr. Marcia Lyles was hired as the superintendent of Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) in the fall of 2012, she inherited what was a deeply flawed in-house substitute teacher staffing process. To remedy the problem, Dr. Lyles oversaw the procurement of Source4Teachers, a private educational staffing company that manages the daily placement of substitute teachers. But complications have arisen. Since 2012, the need for substitute teachers in JCPS has grown by approximately 30% from an average of 192 teacher absences in 2012/13 to an average of 300 absences in 2014/15. The leadership of the district?s human resources department changed as well.

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