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Superintendent asks board to allow early posting of 9.5 teacher positions, principals and classified staff for new schools
Summary
Superintendent sought board concurrence to post and reserve funds for early hires — including principals for upcoming schools Liberty Hill and Lake Wylie High, teachers across elementary and middle grades, elective teachers, and seven bus drivers — to improve recruitment and staffing for school openings and splits.
Superintendent Doctor Quinn presented an early staffing request intended to help the district recruit ahead of growing enrollment and district openings. Quinn asked board members to give a verbal OK to post and reserve funds for the positions now; the request did not require a formal vote that night.
The early request totals about 9.5 teacher full-time equivalents, four administrators and eight classified positions (which equal four FTEs for budget accounting). Specific items Quinn highlighted included:
- Liberty Hill Elementary: a principal position for the school that will open in 2026 (principal hired the year before opening). - Lake Wylie High School: early hires including a principal, bookkeeper and athletic director as early positions for the new high school. - Roosevelt Middle School: request for middle school principal and future budget placement for a bookkeeper and athletic director. - Elementary staffing: potential additional teachers for Bethel, Crowder’s Creek and Liberty Hill as neighborhoods grow; Crowder’s Creek may need a 10th teacher in some grades. - Middle school staffing: additional team teachers and elective teachers (band/chorus) to support splits to Roosevelt and Lake Wylie. - Clover Virtual Academy/Impact Academy: one additional teacher to split middle- and high-school teams serving virtual and alternative students. - Transportation: seven bus drivers to support a multi-year plan to restore bus schedules and state-provided buses; Quinn said the state provides buses based on submitted population requests. - Applied Technology Center: additional section payments to cover teachers who forgo a planning period and teach extra sections needed for industry certification completion.
Quinn said the early posting strategy helps recruit hard-to-fill positions (for example, secondary math and special certifications) and allows the district to post and hire before the May budget cycle; board members provided no objections to posting the listed positions.
No formal vote was taken; Quinn asked for verbal acceptance so the district could post jobs and commence hiring and recruitment work.
