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Board questions staffing formula as principals report stretched assistant-principal and dean roles
Summary
Board members pressed district staff about the staff-allocation formula, asking whether behavioral and safety needs are accounted for and raising equity concerns about how assistant principals, deans and security are assigned across neighborhood, exam and small schools.
Board members at the Detroit Public Schools Community District meeting questioned the district's staffing allocation plan and urged an assessment that accounts for school-level behavior and safety needs rather than enrollment alone.
A vice president on the board asked whether the allocation already factors behavioral incidents or other indicators that would justify extra assistant principals or deans at certain schools. "Have we identified the schools that could use that extra person?" the vice president asked.
Dr. Vidi said the formula differentiates neighborhood…
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