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Laredo ISD board adopts targeted hiring freeze after heated debate over TASB staffing study
Summary
At its Sept. 12 meeting the Laredo Independent School District board approved a hiring‑freeze resolution with specific exemptions after lengthy debate over a TASB staffing review that identified large staffing imbalances and potential savings; trustees directed the superintendent to convene a workshop to develop options.
The Laredo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Sept. 12 to implement targeted cost‑saving measures that include a hiring freeze for many non‑instructional positions while explicitly exempting police, security officers, bus drivers, special‑education teacher aides and essential teaching positions.
Trustees debated whether to adopt an immediate freeze or wait for a superintendent‑led budget workshop. Trustee Rudolfo Morales, citing the TASB staffing review introduced to the board, said the study “identify[ed] $16,000,000 of over staffing,” a figure he said the board…
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