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Board adopts 2025–26 staffing model with higher class-size ratios as cost-saving measure
Summary
Trustees approved a staffing model that raises some class-size ratios for 2025–26: K–5 target ratios move to 22:1 (prek/K remain 20:1), middle schools to 23:1, and high schools to 26:1; bilingual ratio set at 17:1 and principals may choose an AP or counselor in some schools.
The Southwest ISD Board of Trustees approved the district’s preliminary 2025–26 staffing models, a framework the administration said is intended to reduce personnel costs while preserving instructional quality.
District staff told trustees they propose maintaining pre-K and kindergarten ratios at 20:1, moving grades 1–5 to a 22:1 target, setting bilingual classrooms at 17:1 (reflecting…
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