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District reports about 1,370 certified teachers and roughly 40 teaching vacancies; paraprofessional counts unclear
Summary
District officials told the Instructional Support Services Committee they counted about 1,370 certified teachers in September and reported about 40 teacher vacancies, while paraprofessional totals require further reconciliation between school reports and agency-provided 1:1 aides.
District administrators told the Instructional Support Services Committee they collected school organization charts for September and tallied roughly 1,370 certified teachers across the district, and that when shared services (counselors, psychologists, social workers) are added the total approaches the district’s expected staffing footprint.
The administration reported about 40 current teacher vacancies, plus two speech and language openings and four school psychologist vacancies. Those certified vacancies are being filled in some cases by long-term substitutes, and the Human Resources team will begin sending a weekly vacancy list to the board each Friday so members can monitor hiring and fill rates.
Committee members raised questions about the paraprofessional total that administration presented — principals returned an aggregate headcount of 288 paraprofessionals, but administrators said they have not reconciled which of those are classroom paraprofessionals, self-contained special-education paras, or 1:1 paraprofessionals supplied by agencies. The administration said some 1:1 supports are provided through outside agencies and may not be included cleanly in principals’ organization charts, so a reconciliation is underway.
The administration described plans to build a dashboard linking PowerSchool and Red Rover to generate live staffing reports; until that system is in place, staff manually tallied data for the committee. The committee asked the district to continue providing weekly vacancy reports and to return with a reconciled paraprofessional roster that distinguishes agency-contracted 1:1 aides from district employees.
No formal action was taken; the committee asked for recurring reports and documentation showing how vacancies and paraprofessional allocations will be staffed and monitored during the school year.
