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Superintendent briefs board on lingering staffing cuts, volunteer procedure and outreach
Summary
Superintendent reported on reductions from spring budget process, clarified that some positions returned through attrition rather than new hires, described impacts on nurses, custodians, crossing guards and office staff, and introduced a new volunteer procedure and community outreach plan.
Superintendent Shelley updated the board on staffing and service changes that followed the district’s spring budget reductions and on a newly drafted volunteer procedure intended to expand community support while protecting student safety.
Shelley told the board the district initially identified roughly $20 million in reductions last spring and 184 impacted positions. After legislative changes and use of fund balance, the district restored about $5.5–6 million of that gap and removed some employees from the reduction-in-force list. The superintendent clarified those people were rehired to replace positions vacated by attrition, not by adding net new positions.
Directors heard that the cuts have had noticeable operational effects: the district no longer has an LPN…
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