Victoria ISD presented the first phase of a personnel rightsizing plan at the June 19 meeting and quantified expected savings after position adjustments and reassignments.

Why it matters: The district is targeting efficiencies to reduce the structural deficit in its maintenance and operations budget while trying to preserve classroom staffing and avoid layoffs by using attrition and position reassignment where possible.

The administration described Phase 1 as central-office focused and completed predominantly through attrition and reassignment. Line items discussed included reductions or reorganizations in administration, communications, assessment and accountability, district clerical positions, technology technicians, gifted-and-talented coordination, instructional coaching adjustments, stipend reductions and other departmental realignments.

Numbers presented to the board included:
- Total salary savings listed on slides: about $2,700,000.0.
- When benefits (estimated at 15%) are added, the district estimated roughly $3,100,000.0 in total savings.
- The administration said roughly $3,000,000 in general‑fund savings is possible; after accounting for a $500,000 repositioning of general‑fund payroll into a federal grant that does not supplant, net general‑fund savings would be about $2,500,000 (estimates cover an initial three‑year window).

Examples noted in the presentation: the district reduced assessment and accountability staffing from three people to two because assessments moved online; it reduced some campus‑level secretarial roles by sharing positions; shifted elementary nurse roles from RNs to LVNs where population needs permitted; and moved some positions to grant funding where allowable. The presenters emphasized that in cases where positions were adjusted staff were offered other roles where possible.

Trustees asked for clarification about what “rightsizing” meant and whether positions were eliminated; administrators said the work adjusted staffing to match effort and need, used attrition where feasible, and could require adding positions again if new legislative or reporting requirements change workload.

Ending: The administration said Phase 2 will examine campus staffing needs later and that rightsizing was part of broader budget work to close the district deficit.