Transportation and staffing update: more potential bus-driver candidates, replacements in place for departing teachers
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District leaders reported improvements in transportation staffing, said several potential bus-driver candidates are in pipeline though they lack CDLs, and confirmed teacher vacancies were filled, including a technology teacher at the junior high.
District administrators reported that transportation is stabilizing after summer and early-year transitions. The transportation supervisor, working with the business office and operations staff, said there are multiple potential bus-driver candidates “in the hopper” but several do not yet hold commercial driver’s licenses; staff plan to expedite training for those candidates.
Administrators said they are monitoring staffing across schools, have filled a junior-high technology-teacher vacancy with a licensed replacement, and absorbed kindergarten enrollment changes by reassigning existing staff. The district conducts exit surveys and said recent departures included one staff member leaving the state and one leaving the field; administrators said they review exit data and continue active recruiting for substitutes and other positions.
Board members and administrators described ongoing hiring efforts and praised building leaders for rapidly filling vacancies to maintain classroom continuity.