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District shares FY27 school-allotment guidelines; staffing will follow students if consolidation occurs
Summary
Human Resources presented the district's FY27 school allotment guidelines that codify local class-size targets, staff-allocation schedules and a timeline for allocation meetings; staff said principals retain flexibility within allotments and that HR will follow students in any consolidation scenario.
City Schools of Decatur’s Chief Human Resources Officer Adena Walker presented the FY27 school-allotment guidelines during the Oct. 14 meeting, outlining the district’s approach to distributing personnel and operational resources to schools for the coming school year.
Walker said the guidelines, prepared in coordination with finance and teaching-and-learning leaders, will be reviewed at the board retreat in November and returned to the board for final approval at the December meeting. The guidelines include local teacher-to-student ratios used to plan allotments (district-local targets, which are smaller than state minimums), operational per‑pupil allocations, and adjustments for K–2 assistant principals and clerical positions. The plan also repurposes an administrative intern role into a site instructional coach at Decatur High and funds three itinerant K–5 student‑outcome support positions.
The staffing timeline was summarized: principals will receive projected allocations in late January, contracts will be issued in January with a two‑week return window, and the surplus/hiring and internal transfer cycles will occur in February–April. Walker emphasized that principals can “stack” positions within their allotment to meet local needs so long as they remain within the allocated FTE and budget.
On the consolidation issue, Walker said HR will follow students if a school is decommissioned and that some specialized positions may not map directly to new sites; a clear process will be documented and communicated to staff. The board will consider final staffing guidelines and compensation benchmarking in the board retreat and December approval process.
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Board members said they plan to engage with principals during allocation meetings in January and asked staff to prepare competitive-pay benchmarking for roles that are difficult to recruit.
