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Superintendent proposes reconfiguring resource coordinators; administration says changes would save $700,000 in FY26
Summary
Superintendent Murphy presented a plan to reassign and share school resource coordinators by corridor and lead-agency status, proposing site-level changes and a projected $700,000 budget reduction for fiscal year 2026; community members warned some schools need full-time coordinators.
Superintendent Murphy returned to the board April 7 with a district proposal to reconfigure resource coordinators across Cincinnati Public Schools, proposing corridor-based assignments, greater reliance on lead agencies at some sites and shared coordinators at smaller "growing" schools.
The administration’s slide deck split the district into corridor groupings (East, Central and West), identified which schools would be CLICKE lead-agency sites and proposed a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) sharing model for smaller schools. For some locations the presentation recommended no resource coordinator, citing small enrollment or alternate supports (for example, Family Service Assistants at the Rising Star sites and virtual programs). Superintendent Murphy said the configuration would produce a $700,000 reduction in the fiscal year 2026 budget: “My recommendation, would be to this plan will allow us to, reduce our budget for the fiscal year 26 by $700,000,” she told the board.
Details and clarifications offered at the meeting included a working threshold of about 350 students as the level that typically supports a full-time resource coordinator; the administration said that number is “a little tight” but informed the staffing model. The presentation listed several schools that, under the plan, would not have a full-time resource coordinator now: Bramble, Gilligan, Virtual/Riverview East and Rising Star locations; the administration noted those sites would rely on other supports (lead agencies or Family Service Assistants) where appropriate.
Board members and community speakers flagged local differences. Silverton residents, including Bridal Bourne (Silverton Council, LSDMC), said Silverton Elementary (reported enrollment 323 that day) has unusually high community partnerships and events and asked the board to preserve a single dedicated resource coordinator rather than require sharing. Angie Wilson, a Spencer Center parent and PTSO interim president, thanked the board for valuing resource coordinators but asked administrators to plan for displaced Spencer students and alternative locations after recent flooding.
The board asked for additional detail: which sites would share coordinators and how principals would be supported when a school lacks a full-time coordinator; the administration said it will return with site-level pairings and additional implementation detail. No final board vote on the restructuring was recorded in the transcript; the matter remained in the discussion/direction stage.
