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District presents staffing guideline overhaul as enrollment dips; simulation shows possible FTE reductions
Summary
District leaders told trustees they expect continued enrollment declines and outlined proposed staffing guidelines that adjust student–teacher ratios by poverty band. A simulation of one school showed potential reductions of 2–8 teaching FTEs depending on enrollment scenarios; staff will finalize models and report back.
District administrators told trustees at the Jan. 8 work session that Richland School District Two has experienced an enrollment decline this year of roughly 350 students and could see further reductions driven by lower birth rates and new charter schools opening in the district. Staff presented a proposed update to long-unused staffing guidelines to align full-time-equivalent allocations across schools by grade band and by poverty level.
The recommended guidelines condense prior multi-chart ratios into a three-band poverty model (low, significant, higher) and assign student–teacher…
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