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Beaverton explains staffing allocation model: weighted enrollment meant to direct resources to higher‑need schools
Summary
At the March 11 Budget 101 session, budget manager Jessica Jones and associate superintendent Michael Scofield described the district’s SAM model, including 1.25 elementary and 1.5 high‑school weighting and annual adjustments to address class‑size issues.
Beaverton School District staff walked the budget committee through the district’s staffing allocation methodology (SAM) on March 11, explaining how the model uses weighted enrollment to allocate classroom teachers, counselors and other school‑level staffing.
Budget manager Jessica Jones told the committee the district assigns weights to enrollment counts so that schools serving higher percentages of students experiencing poverty receive additional staff. She said elementary schools receive a 1.25 weight and high schools a 1.5 weight in the current model.…
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