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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced Wednesday she will be asking National Guard members and state employees to become certified to fill in as substitute teachers as teacher staffing shortages continue to skyrocket. Along with “encouraging” National Guard members and state employees to become licensed substitute teachers, the governor’s “Supporting Teachers and Families” (STAF) initiative will allow state workers to use administrative leave to temporarily fill the vacancies.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/590994-new-mexico-governor-becomes-substitute-teachers-amid-school-staffing

RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina substitute teacher has resigned after a student told his father that the teacher told his class that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated but instead killed himself. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Billy Byrd also says his son told him the unidentified substitute music teacher told the class of minority students they were headed to prison because of their clothing. He said the teacher told the students they weren't real Christians if they didn't support President Donald Trump.

A substitute teacher who has taught for years at Parkway South High School claims school administrators banned him from working there after he thanked students for saying the Pledge of Allegiance and a student complained. The substitute teacher, Jim Furkin, told the Parkway School Board his story at their meeting Wednesday night and asked them to look into it. “I’d like to know what happened,” Furkin said. ------------- Furkin told the Post-Dispatch that in late October he was the substitute teacher for a freshman English class at Parkway South High when the school made its daily announcements over the PA...

Her dress is so distracting. Looks like she's wrapped in a bandage across the top.

Rutherford County Schools said a substitute teacher will no longer be working in the school district after he was accused of posting “inappropriate, threatening” comments on social media regarding President Donald Trump.Rutherford County Schools received several messages about David Colin on Wednesday. Colin is accused of posting on Facebook, “the only good Trump supporter is a dead Trump supporter,” on Facebook Nov. 9 at 9:29 a.m.Colin is not employed by RCS, but is contracted through PESG. The schools said Colin is no longer permitted to work in the district. The school district has notified PESG about Colin. The contractor indicted...

Seeing as how Glocktalk.com is still down after 3 days, I have made guest posting possible on my forum for the members of the Political Issues forum over there. http://internetwhispers.com/forums/politics.2/

Over the past few weeks as one Obamagaffe has followed another, and the lies and posturing have become much more blatant, I have come to un-dismiss conspiratorial thoughts I have long been sharing on FR. Frankly, the fact that Glenn Beck was sharing the same thoughts on the radio today, certainly helped me out this ... again.You see, I have always had the sneaking suspicion that "The Plan" was ALWAYS to have Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. in for one term and one term only. In the past few weeks, the MSM has been actually ... gasp ... reporting (slightly) negative...

Substitute teacher pleads not guilty to rapeBy Thomas J. Prohaska NEWS NIAGARA REPORTER Updated: July 16, 2011, 6:31 AM LOCKPORT — A long-term substitute teacher in a Niagara Falls elementary school pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl in February. John T. Summerson, 24, of 76th Street, Niagara Falls, was indicted on one count of second- degree rape and two counts each of third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza kept Summerson free on the $2,500 bail he posted in Niagara Falls City Court....

If you don't want to listen to any of the substitute hosts subbing for Rush this week and next, you may want to try listening to John Gibson on Fox News Radio online.

Army Sgt. Aaron Johnston, 24, of Redlands, will leave Friday on a mission with the Army Reserves to a mission in Afghanistan he didn't have to take. Johnston, a maintenance engineer for Redlands Hospital, volunteered to take the place of Sgt. Pete Schaffer, when Schaffer's father became ill. Johnston will be with the Riverside 2nd/413th 95th Division, helping the Afghan National Army for nine months learn how to protect and defend its country when the Americans leave. He will serve 14 months total on the entire mission, leaving behind his wife Ashley and two year-old daughter, Chloe. "Sergeant Schaffer called...

BOSTON -- A Lawrence substitute teacher was suspended Wednesday after grabbing a first-grader by his shirt and pulling him down a hallway on Tuesday, police said. Douglas Tracia, 48, was charged with assault and battery because there were scratches and lacerations on the boy's neck, police said. The incident was captured by a surveillance camera at the South Lawrence East School on Osgood Street.

School Officials: Teacher Thought Pump Was Cell Phone POSTED: 4:24 pm EDT October 4, 2005 UPDATED: 4:37 pm EDT October 4, 2005 A substitute teacher in Lake County, Fla., was terminated and banned from teaching in the county after he ripped out a student's insulin pump during class apparently thinking it was a ringing cell phone, according to a Local 6 News report. Officials said a ninth-grade student at East Ridge High School, who is a Type I diabetic, was in class Monday when his insulin pump began to beep, indicating he was low on insulin. Witnesses said the class...

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, July 19, 2005 – A blood substitute that might save lives on the battlefield will be tested in San Antonio through a research protocol already underway in 22 communities across the nation. Brooke Army Medical Center and University Hospital are participating in a groundbreaking national clinical trial to evaluate the safety and usefulness of PolyHeme, an oxygen-carrying blood substitute, in increasing survival of critically injured and bleeding patients. Under the study protocol, treatment would begin before arrival at the hospital, either at the scene of the injury or in the air ambulance, and continue during a...

Ack! We're leaving tomorrow night for a ten-plus day visit to my folks down in Georgia. I have just now realized what this means:No access to Free Republic! I need your help, families. I need two FReepers to "set the table"--one for this Friday's thread (April 1, that should be fun) and one for the following Friday, April 7th. Here's where the fun begins: I'm going to let you folks decide on the substitutes, with one simple provision: Can you try to select a mom for one week and a dad for another? Consider this an early Friday fun thread!...

CANANDAIGUA NY — A substitute teacher at Canandaigua Academy was arrested earlier this week after he allegedly tried to buy marijuana from an Academy student. Todd B. Christensen, 34, of Penn Yan, was charged Tuesday by Canandaigua City Police with unlawful possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child. He was taken to Ontario County jail in lieu of $2,500 cash/$5,000 bond. At his arraignment Wednesday, Canandaigua City Court Judge Stephen Aronson lowered the bail to $1,000 cash/$2,000 bond and issued an order of protection for the teenage informant. He also adjourned the case for one week because...

GRAND RAPIDS -- A Michigan school district told a teacher activated for military duty that he must cover the cost of a substitute during part of his absence and give the district some of his military pay.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh announced during his radio show Friday that he is addicted to painkillers and is checking into a rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me." "Immediately following this broadcast, I am checking myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days to once and for all break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me," he added. The show will continue during this time, of course, with an array of guest hosts you have come to know and respect. I am not making any...