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HR reports staffing progress, new fingerprinting process and district class-size balancing
Summary
Human Resources said it has visited schools for 2025–26 staffing allotments, implemented fingerprinting for employees at $55 per check and added 217 teacher substitutes since Sept. 1; HR and the superintendent described district-wide class-size balancing ahead of next year.
Human Resources presented staffing and class-size updates to the committee on Feb. 6, saying HR staff visited every school to begin allotments for the 2025–26 school year and to help principals build master schedules.
HR Director Alfonso said the department has added 217 teacher substitutes since Sept. 1 and reported an 81% fill rate for teacher assignments as of the day before the meeting. Alfonso told the board that the district implemented a new fingerprint-based background process for employees (the district purchased four machines) and that the cost is $55 per fingerprint check; administrators will also incur re-backgrounding costs for employees whose licensure requires a background within the past five years.
Alfonso said the superintendent asked HR to balance staffing across the district so that schools of similar size and grade distribution have comparable class counts; he said HR and principals worked through projections and adjustments and will continue monitoring changes. He described how specialty electives, small schools and master-schedule differences can skew class-size averages and that the district added positions midyear at schools whose kindergarten projections rose unexpectedly.
Board members raised questions about elective and arts offerings, how block scheduling and specialty classes might affect student access to arts and music, and how staff would monitor whether offerings decline as staffing is balanced. The superintendent and HR staff said they will provide follow-up data on arts, music and theater enrollments and on elective availability so the board can track changes over time.
Ending: Alfonso said transfer and job fairs are scheduled for March 15 and May 10 and that HR will continue outreach to recruit teachers and balance staffing ahead of the 2025–26 school year.
