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Board presses for staffing plan after enrollment and vacancy figures raise class-size concerns
Summary
District staff presented enrollment counts, FTE calculations and a staffing workbook; board members pressed administration for a detailed 2025–26 staffing plan and per-section class sizes before finalizing the budget, citing large class sizes and hundreds of vacancies.
Beloit School District administrators presented enrollment and staffing workbooks on Oct. 25, saying the district had budgeted membership of 6,203 students for 2025–26 and that fall counts and FTE calculations led to a higher revenue‑limit membership figure reported by staff. Administration said staffing is concentrated in teachers and paraprofessionals and identified current district vacancies.
Board member Carol Fox pressed for a building‑level staffing plan that lists the number of sections and students per section, saying the high‑level slides did not meet her request. "How can we be responsible to pass a budget if we have no knowledge of a…
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