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Board approves several personnel actions; HR reports vacancies and hiring progress
Summary
Trustees approved professional-staff recommendations, directed several contract actions and voted unanimously on sensitive personnel motions. Human-resources staff reported current vacancies by site, steps to recruit teachers and a 59% return rate on issued certified contracts.
At the April meeting trustees approved multiple personnel items, considered contract actions and heard a Human Resources update on vacancies and recruitment efforts.
HR director Miss Hamilton reported classified and certified hiring timelines and current vacancies by school: Black Street (3 vacancies), Forest Hills (2), Hendersonville (5), Northside (1) for elementary (total 11), high school (5 vacancies) and middle school (2 vacancies) for secondary (total 8). Hamilton said certified contracts were issued on April 9 and that 59 percent had been returned as of the report; administrators had also received contracts. HR staff described partnerships with Grand Canyon University and a fast-track certification program to grow local teacher candidates.
In the meeting's action items, the board approved professional staff recommendations for the 2025'26 school year (motion recorded; vote counted with 6 in favor, 1 opposed). The board also unanimously approved two personnel motions later in the meeting: rescinding a previously offered employment contract to one certified employee and a separate motion not to offer a contract to another certified employee who had been unable to report to work since Oct. 3, 2023. Both motions were made subject to the employees' rights to request hearings under the South Carolina Teacher Employment and Dismissal Act.
Trustees also approved admission and release of students for the 2025'26 school year by unanimous vote.
HR emphasized that contracts for classified staff are scheduled to go out May 12, and described recruitment and retention work including school-based partnerships and conversations about AI'era workforce changes.
The board did not discuss personnel case details in open session beyond the motions and legal caveats presented; the personnel items followed legal notice and executive-session consideration.
