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Superintendent outlines start-of-year schedule, enrollment counts and finalized staff compensation agreement
Summary
The superintendent reviewed staff convocation plans, a phased student first-day schedule, enrollment counts and an August 11 agreement with staff on cost-of-living increases tied to CPI that allowed timely payroll processing for 2025-26.
During the meeting the superintendent delivered a start-of-year update covering staff convocation, the first days of school calendar, enrollment figures, classroom staffing ratios and a summary of a finalized compensation agreement with the district’s employee group.
Why it matters: The calendar changes and staffing choices affect classroom assignments and instructional minutes; the compensation agreement ensured staff payroll reflected the new contract at the start of the school year.
The superintendent said staff began work in their home buildings and that a district convocation and recognition of service anniversaries will be held the next morning in the performing arts center. She gave a schedule for student start dates: Sept. 2 for fifth grade and ninth grade orientation, Sept. 3 for kindergarten through fourth grade, Sept. 4 for remaining 4K, and Sept. 5 for all students to be present.
On enrollment, the superintendent presented counts: a previous end-of-year figure of 2,355 students and a morning count of 2,348 students as of 8:30 a.m. She broke down the prior count as 893 elementary, 677 middle and 785 high school, and described grade-by-grade student-to-teacher ratios and maximum section sizes (for example, 4K this year reported as about 1-to-18.7 with a max of 21; kindergarten 1-to-21.8 with a class at 24; third grade one class with 25 students). The superintendent noted the district added kindergarten aides at some buildings to support larger kindergarten sections.
The superintendent also announced that a special meeting Aug. 11 produced a compensation agreement tied to CPI and that it was completed in time for staff to receive payroll under the 2025-26 schedule. ‘‘It was done in time for all staff to receive payroll connected to their 2526 payroll,’’ she said. The board had been previously informed that base wage increases, learning-based compensation and longevity credits were part of negotiations.
Board discussion included staffing and recruitment updates. The superintendent said the district hired 10 new staff across the district and filled a late vacancy in technical education with a candidate who has 22 years’ experience. The district is conducting exit interviews and said it may institute midyear check-ins to monitor retention concerns.
Ending note: The superintendent closed by reiterating operational priorities for the coming week—convocation, staff training on safety protocols, first-day procedures and Great Start conferences—and invited board members to attend the convocation and keynote speaker presentations.
