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District to reassign librarians to classroom positions; certified-teacher rate rises to about 92%
Summary
Superintendent-led staffing moves shifted lab and ICL staff back into classrooms, raising certified-teacher coverage to roughly 92%; the district is reallocating librarian roles so four high-school librarians remain and library aides will support services.
Dr. Deborah Yarbrough discussed staffing changes intended to increase the share of certified teachers in classrooms. She said the district moved computer-lab teachers and ICL (instructional/computer lab) staff back into classroom positions during the 2023–24 school year, which raised the proportion of certified teachers to about 92 percent.
Yarbrough said 14 librarians were given the opportunity to choose positions for the 2025–26 school year; by statute the district must staff four high-school librarians, and those positions will remain. The district will use library aides in feeder schools to maintain library services and to allow teachers to bring classes into library spaces.
Board members asked for baseline comparisons and future projections. Yarbrough said the district's certified-teacher percentage was about 89 percent the prior year and that the district expects the figure to increase further for 2025–26 as some practitioners obtain certification, but she did not provide a final projected percentage.
The item was informational; staffing implementation and any payroll impacts will proceed through human-resources and budgeting processes.
