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District reports staffing gains, iPad and phone rollouts, bus-tracking app and building openings ahead of new school year
Summary
Superintendent and department leads told the board the district has largely filled vacancies compared with last year, will deploy new iPads and Zoom phones, expand bus real-time tracking, and open several new or renovated schools, while some special-education and paraprofessional positions remain hard to fill.
Senior administrators updated the St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education on Aug. 19 about school readiness for the 2025–26 year, reporting progress in hiring, technology rollouts and facilities projects.
Human-resources staff said the district faced more vacancies this hiring season than last year because it was not in reduction mode, listing roughly 811 total school vacancies at one point in summer hiring, with 93 licensed positions remaining unfilled as of the presentation. Special education and DAPE (adaptive physical education) positions were noted as the most difficult to fill; HR said the district cut 47 paraprofessional…
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