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Nantucket schools report small enrollment rise, 17 teacher vacancies; state funding, vocational capacity on committee radar
Summary
Superintendent told the School Committee on May 6 that enrollment rose by two students in May and the district is recruiting for 17 teaching positions. Committee members said state-level adjustments to education funding and vocational capacity are priorities raised at MASC’s Day on the Hill.
The superintendent told the Nantucket School Committee on May 6 that district enrollment rose by two students for May, to 1,723 from 1,721 the previous month, and that the district is actively recruiting to fill 17 teacher vacancies ahead of next school year.
"So for the month of May, we are up 2 students. We have 1,723, from 1,721 last month," the superintendent said, and later added, "We currently have 17 teacher positions to fill," with the vacancies spread across schools.
The committee heard a breakdown of the vacancies: three openings at NES, four at NIS, four at CPS, and six at the high school. The superintendent said two positions at the intermediate school are officially filled and five additional positions are tentatively filled…
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