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District to redeploy ANI role funding into student-facing tutors and intervention staff
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Thomas said the district will reallocate resources from an administrative ANI role to hire academic paraprofessionals and high-dosage tutoring targeting two to three schools with the greatest statistical gaps.
Superintendent Dr. Thomas told the board the district will reallocate funding originally tied to an administrative ANI position into direct student supports, including academic paraprofessionals and targeted tutoring.
Dr. Thomas said the change is intended to direct more resources to students who contribute most to observed performance gaps. The district will identify two or three schools with the largest statistical gaps and deploy academic paraprofessionals and wraparound services there, coupled with progress monitoring tied to the district's intervention cycle.
The reallocation is framed as an internal budget realignment of restricted ANI funds; Dr. Thomas said he discussed the change with the state and that the funds remain restricted to the statute's parameters. He described the change as a way to increase direct student support without removing existing department functions entirely.
Board members asked how many paraprofessionals would be hired and where they would be placed; Dr. Thomas said the number and exact school placements will follow a gap-analysis and will be reported in quarterly updates to the board. Director Lisa asked whether professional-development dollars in the current plan could be repurposed; Dr. Thomas said portions had already been shifted to tutoring and some professional development would remain to support staff.
No formal vote was recorded; the item was presented as a staff budget and programming realignment that will be brought to committees and reported quarterly.
