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Little Miami board hears program plan: net staffing change of -1 teacher, requests for specialists and transportation hours
Summary
The Little Miami Local board reviewed a district program plan that shows slower enrollment growth to date, a districtwide net change of minus one teacher, requests to add an education specialist, extend a transportation router's hours, and fund a kitchen staff position from the food‑service enterprise fund. The board set final approval for Jan. 6.
The Little Miami Local Board of Education on Dec. 9 reviewed a program plan and staffing proposal that the superintendent said is based on an enrollment snapshot taken Oct. 24.
Superintendent (Speaker 5) told the board the district added 144 students last year but so far this year has added 41 students, a slower pace that affects how the district allocates teachers. She presented building-level counts and proposed reassignments to keep class-size ratios near targets.
The plan as presented would remove two second‑grade teacher positions at the Primary Building (a net -2 there), add two teachers at the high school, and produce an overall net change of -1 teacher across the district at this moment. Speaker 5 said the two Primary‑building teachers would be reassigned to other roles rather than laid off: "They will be used elsewhere, so we're not riffing, we're not taking away, we are just moving people…
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