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District presents RAM adjustments and staffing outlook to address class-size concerns
Summary
District staff reviewed a weighted resource allocation model (RAM) update and proposed modest shifts to elementary class-size targets, added FTE for elementary and middle-school math support, and noted continued monitoring at the high-school level.
District human-resources and administrative staff briefed the board March 11 on proposed adjustments to the district’s weighted resource allocation model, or RAM, and the effect those adjustments would have on elementary, middle and high-school staffing for 2025–26.
Chief Human Resources Officer Nick Proud described RAM as a student-based weighting system that gives each student a score for needs such as special education, English-language-learner status, free and reduced-price lunch and McKinney-Vento eligibility; the model combines average weight per student and total weighted counts to guide staffing and class-size targets at each…
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