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Wake County reports 98.75% teacher fill rate; district prioritizes special‑education and transportation recruitment
Summary
Human resources staff updated the Wake County Board of Education on recruitment and vacancy data for September 2025, highlighting a 98.75% teacher fill rate, growth in future‑teacher pipelines, increased international hires and ongoing challenges filling special‑education roles and bus drivers.
Wake County Public School System human resources staff presented staffing and recruitment data to the Wake County Board of Education at the Sept. 16 work session, reporting strong overall hires this year alongside continuing shortages in special education and transportation.
Ajene Manolo, assistant superintendent for human resources, introduced the staffing update and turned the presentation to Christy (senior director for talent acquisition) and Crystal Gregory (director for recruitment). Christy and Gregory described recent recruitment strategies, pipelines and metrics and answered board questions.
Key figures and findings (as reported to the board): - Teacher fill rate: 98.75% for the 2025 school year, equal to about 11,700 teaching positions and roughly 148 vacancies districtwide, a net improvement of about 22 fewer vacancies compared with the previous year. - General education vacancies decreased by 27…
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