Were Teachers Ever Sick?

As I began to prepare for the opening of the schools in our area and calls for substitute teaching, I wondered, "Were teachers ever sick when I attended the one-room school?"

I don't recall having a substitute teacher nor school being called off because a teacher was absent.  There probably weren't sick days and personal days written into the teachers' contracts.  I have copies of a couple of my mom's contracts.  They were simple documents and I don't remember mention of sick days.  I'll have to pull them out of the file and see what they say.

Do you recall having substitute teachers when you attended one-room schools?

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