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Joliet Township board approves 2025–26 staffing request as enrollment edges down
Summary
The Joliet Township High School District 204 board approved the district's 2025'26 staffing request of 462.4 FTE after a presentation showing modest FTE growth amid falling enrollment and several planned retirements.
The Joliet Township High School District 204 Board of Education on Tuesday approved the district's staffing recommendations for the 2025'6 school year, authorizing a formal request for 462.4 full-time-equivalent (FTE) positions.
During a presentation to the board, Diane McDonald (presenter, district staff) said, "we are formally requesting 462.4, FTE for this upcoming school year." She told the board the request represents an increase of 1.8 FTE from the current year and comes while the district is seeing a decline in student enrollment.
The staffing presentation placed the FTE request in context: the district submits an annual fall housing report to the State of Illinois and is using projected enrollments to guide…
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