District reports hiring progress; vacancies decline from July to August

Deming Public Schools human resources staff updated the board on hiring and vacancies on Thursday, saying the district had hired 146 new employees to date and that campus vacancies declined from 35 in July to 23 in August.

HR staff displayed a spreadsheet by campus and told the board that 99 employees had been hired by the July report (earlier slide) and that the August tab showed 146 hires and 23 open positions. Board members asked whether the report could distinguish long‑term substitutes from regular teachers; HR and the superintendent agreed to add that information to future monthly reports, broken out by campus.

Trustees also asked about whether hires were for long‑term substitute positions. A staff member clarified that hires listed were not long‑term substitutes, and that the district had been using long‑term substitutes to fill vacancies in the interim.

Board members thanked HR for the digestible report and accepted the plan to receive the additional substitute breakout in future updates.