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Trustees debate planning-period cuts and 'right‑sizing' after district reports recurring $2.2 million savings
Summary
District staff said conference-period scheduling changes and attrition produced recurring savings estimated at about $2.2 million; trustees questioned how much savings is attributable to planning period changes versus natural attrition and asked for rubrics and an appeal process for restoring planning periods.
McAllen Independent School District staff told trustees the district achieved recurring savings from planning-period adjustments and staffing right‑sizing that they estimate at about $2.2 million.
The approach: Staff compared certified-teacher counts reported to PEIMS for 2023–24 and 2024–25 and found secondary-teacher counts fell from 549 to 521 (a difference of 28 teachers). Using an average loaded salary of roughly $62,000 per teacher, staff estimated approximately $1.7 million in annual savings for those 28 positions and an additional…
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