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Tacoma Public Schools reports 93.5% staff retention; 17 teachers reassigned after fall enrollment shifts
Summary
District HR told the school board most employees returned for the year but 17 certificated teachers — five in special education — were displaced and reassigned as enrollment and class-size needs shifted. Officials said final district-deployed assignments will be completed prior to Oct. 15.
Tacoma Public Schools officials told the district school board that the majority of staff returned for the new school year and that fall staffing adjustments have left 17 certificated teachers displaced and reassigned.
Renee Trueblood, assistant superintendent of human resources, said the district’s retention rate for returning staff reached 93.5% this year. “We hit that 93% mark this year,” Trueblood said, calling the figure a positive signal about staff confidence in the district.
The human resources update explained the fall staffing process that leads to teacher reassignments: demographers first project enrollments,…
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