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District 97 outlines tentative staffing plan, earlier registration windows to improve planning
Summary
District staff presented a tentative staffing plan that ties staffing projections to earlier registration targets and demographic forecasting; the district said no reduction-in-force is expected this year.
District 97 administrators presented a tentative staffing plan and a registration timeline at the board meeting Jan. 14, tying teacher and classroom staffing to earlier enrollment data and Casarda demographic projections for kindergarten.
Assistant superintendent and staffing leads described a methodology that projects enrollment by cohort, applies maximum section sizes (K: 20; grades 1-5: 24; grades 6-8: 29) and adjusts for special-education splits and bilingual-class ratios. The district said it expects its total…
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