On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Veronica Reyes asked a group of attentive students at Silva Magnet High School in South El Paso to describe the three branches of government.
It had been at least 14 years since Reyes, who is the assistant superintendent of specialized learning services at the El Paso Independent School District, last worked as a teacher.
That was until EPISD began its central office substitute program, which requires salaried administrative employees who do not work on a school campus to substitute classes four days a semester — or eight days a year — on top of their regular duties. It is the only major district in the region that requires administrators to substitute…