The Amador County Unified School District Board of Trustees recently gave a raise to the substitutes utilized by the district. According to Executive Director of Personnel Rosalie McProuty, the district has conducted a survey of the surrounding, and therefore competing counties, including El Dorado and Calaveras. What the survey found is that the ACUSD rate of $90 dollars per day for short term subs was much lower that the surrounding counties which paid anywhere from 125 to 209 dollars per day. McProuty emphasized the importance of having a “good” pool of substitute teachers on which to call when the need arises. The Board, after some discussion, approved the rate increase to $110 per short term substitutes and $150 dollars per day for long tern subs.