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District 128 proposes 2.5 FTE net increase in certified staffing; employment decisions on April 15 deadline
Summary
District 128 staff presented a certified staffing plan that would add 2.5 full-time-equivalent certified positions next school year, shift several stipend and lab positions, and start formal employment notices that must meet an April 15 state deadline.
Community High School District 128 administrators told the Program and Personnel Committee on March 10 that the district plans a net increase of 2.5 full-time-equivalent (FTE) certified positions for 2025–26 and will move recommended employment actions to next week’s consent agenda.
The staffing presentation traced the sectioning process from November course planning through February building-level sectioning and district leadership review. District staff said the recommended change results from the district’s academic intervention model and modifications to earlier stipend and lab-coordinator allocations.
"This will continue," Dr. Koulentes said of the district’s intervention supports, and asked the board to approve the certified staffing package at the next full board meeting. The presentation described creating academic interventionist positions in science, math and English and discontinuing one FTE per school that had been split between a lab coordinator and other duties.
Administrators said the gross request is a 2.5 FTE increase; Chief staff (Dan) characterized the net budgetary effect as closer to a 1.5 FTE increase once early-morning stipend positions are removed. "We're not projected deficit land next year," Dan said, adding that the staffing plan should be affordable within the larger budget but that some budget unknowns remain.
District staff noted enrollment differences between Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools that affect sectioning: Libertyville showed fewer course requests and a small enrollment decline, while Vernon Hills had more course requests and slightly higher enrollment. The district also highlighted continued investments in nonclassroom FTEs including learning support teams, special services, psychologists and a shared hearing itinerant position.
Under Illinois law, administrators said, certain employment notices must be issued by April 15; the district will present formal employment recommendations at the March board meeting so that notices can be delivered before that deadline. Staff said individual conversations with affected employees had already occurred and that formal letters would follow after board action.
The staffing report will advance to the full board for action at the board’s next meeting; no final personnel votes were taken at the March 10 committee meeting.
