Substitute teachers are in high demand as coronavirus cases rise

The increasing need for more substitute teachers to fill in for full-time teachers calling out sick, resigning or even protesting over in-school learning as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country has pushed some school districts to temporarily relax qualification requirements.

Andy Shirk, the executive vice president of Educational Services, Inc. (ESI) in Scottsdale, Ariz., told Fox News that it’s been a very busy school year because the substitute teachers schools already have on the books "can’t possibly meet all the capacity out there." He said the company works with more than 120 school districts and the 5,000 substitute teachers on their roster are not enough.