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New Berlin schools report low staff turnover, outline portfolio pay and hiring efforts
Summary
Employment Services Director Scott Garner told the board that resignations fell to 13 for 2024'25, the district sustained roughly a 95% retention rate, about 250 summer applicants competed for roughly 30 positions, and 62 of 66 eligible educators completed portfolio earn-outs; the board discussed annualizing the portfolio payout and approved an employment services report from closed session.
Scott Garner, director of employment services for the New Berlin School District, told the school board on Monday that the district's hiring picture improved over the summer: 13 resignations were reported for 2024'25 compared with 21 the previous year, and Garner said the district sees about 250 applicants for its summer openings.
"We're pretty excited about that," Garner said, characterizing an approximately 95% retention rate as a positive indicator that "New Berlin is a place where people wanna stay and where people wanna actually go." He said the district recruited for just under 30…
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