Forest Hills staff cite need for hiring consistency after Futurethink review; six retirees announced

Staff member 1, a district staff member, said the district—s Futurethink review "is not leading to any kind of significant change with regard to our general education staffing needs," and stressed that maintaining consistency is important for retaining staff.

Staff member 2, a district staff member, expanded on that point, saying that when enrollment or FTEs rise one year and fall the next, it can be inefficient to hire and then reduce staff shortly afterward. "It is highly inefficient just from an organizational standpoint and just a kind of financial standpoint to go through the onboarding process, which is, you know, exceedingly costly from time, and just the the resources that we put in," the staff member said.

On certified staffing, Staff member 2 said reductions at the high school "has been for lack of course requests at the high school primarily. Not people getting riffed and losing their their jobs," and said the district reviews exiting positions carefully. The speaker then introduced agenda item 8.2, the HR report.

As part of the HR report, Staff member 2 announced retirements and said the district has "a handful" of retirees. The speaker named six employees and the locations where they worked: Jen Cook (Anderson); Brian Devine (Summit); Sherry Devine (Maddox); Michelle Duerst (New Path); Andrea Gately (Wilson); and Michelle Sperling (Sherwood). The announcement noted the group represents "a collective hundred and 41 years of experience in Forest Hills." The speaker offered thanks to those employees for their service.

No motions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript segment. The remarks concluded with the board moving on to the HR report as item 8.2.