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District reports 149 vacancies and new facilities initiatives; 18 hall‑monitor openings and expanded training noted
Summary
District HR reported 149 vacancies (89 APSU, 56 APSTA) and 18 hall‑monitor openings; facilities staff described a new training program, expanded HVAC vendor contracts, use of Incident IQ for maintenance tracking and plans to bring more work in‑house.
The Albany City School District told the board it opened the school year with 149 vacancies across positions, driven mainly by APSU (89 vacancies) and APSTA (56 vacancies). District HR staff said teaching assistants and hall monitors account for a substantial portion of the openings.
In an update, the district said it has 18 hall‑monitor vacancies out of roughly 140 total hall monitors and has scheduled interviews; the director of security reported about 60 applications to review for that pool. Staff said a “boot camp” onboarding model and upcoming job fairs are expected to replenish the candidate pipeline and that the district is piloting mentor/coach roles to improve retention.
Wayne Carter, the district’s newly hired director of facilities, presented a facilities and maintenance report that included a stepped‑up use of the Incident IQ ticketing system, which the district said captured roughly 1,000 more maintenance tickets this year than previously recorded. District staff said the increase largely reflects fuller use of the system (district staff and teachers can now create tickets electronically) and improved record keeping rather than a proportional degradation of infrastructure.
Facilities leaders said HVAC remains the single largest category of maintenance tickets, roughly accounting for 25% of calls (about 1,190 HVAC tickets in the sample). The district has split HVAC work among multiple vendors (five buildings per vendor) to improve response times and said vendors are being onboarded and developing preventive maintenance schedules.
Carter described a new in‑house training program to upskill existing custodial and maintenance staff, including certificates tied to training modules. The facilities team said the approach aims to reduce reliance on external vendors, broaden in‑house capacity and improve retention by offering career pathways.
The district also reported progress on pool repairs at North Albany and said it currently uses a part‑time certified pool operator while exploring certification options for district staff.
Board members asked the administration for more regular, comparative staffing reports and a breakdown of vacancies by classroom vs. non‑classroom roles; the administration said it would provide a written report at the next meeting and a fuller HR update at the October meeting.
