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Lakota proposes central-office reorganization to restore curriculum and student-services capacity
Summary
District leadership presented a proposed reorganization of central-office roles aimed at restoring curriculum, MTSS, ELL and student-services capacity; the board discussed repurposing existing staff versus adding new positions.
Lakota Board of Education members reviewed a proposed reorganization of central-office staff on May 6 that would reconstitute roles supporting curriculum, MTSS (multi-tiered systems of support), special education, English-language learners and residency/enrollment work.
The presenter described the chart as a partial org chart focused on academic and student-support roles. The plan would split prior combined duties, restore a director-level focus on English-language learners and establish an executive director of student services to combine oversight for student supports. The proposal also would fold contracted part-time truancy positions into an in-house attendant-services function tied to an ombudsman role and add a residency specialist to audit enrollment and residency records.
According to the presentation, the central idea is to create a system-level umbrella (presented as a “blue band”) that houses tier-1 curriculum, special education, gifted services, ELL and PBIS work so those functions can offer consistent interventions and data to buildings. The presenter said the director of ESL position and a residency specialist are new additions; several other roles shown were described as restored to align the central office with district needs.
Board members asked how the reorganization would affect classroom staffing and whether roles could be repurposed rather than added; the presenter said some building-level repurposing had already enabled middle-school model changes without adding classroom teachers. The presenter and board members agreed that job descriptions and internal audits would be required before final hires or reassignments. One board member requested continued scrutiny to avoid becoming “administration central-office heavy.”
The proposal included a plan to phase out or repurpose a few contracted or standalone positions and to provide redundancy for critical data and enrollment functions. Staff said the residency specialist would be a roughly 12–18 month audit-heavy role to clean up residency records, affidavits and returned mail processes; presenters said the district lacks a single automated system to manage residency audits and that the role would coordinate buildings and central office functions.
No formal personnel actions were taken on May 6; staff said the reorganization would be refined, job descriptions audited and changes presented for board review and any required approvals.
Ending: Staff will continue auditing job descriptions, identify internal candidates and return with a refined proposal and the supporting job descriptions for board consideration.
