Board reviews counselor, intervention and technology leadership proposals; district seeks Perkins funding for career role

Committee members reviewed multiple proposed personnel additions, including school counselors (to reduce caseloads at the CTE and NOE sites), math‑intervention aides to support Tier‑2/3 groupings, and a district director of innovation to oversee curriculum analytics and technology implementation.

Superintendent Perry said split positions lose time and that full‑time counselors at the CTE and NOE sites are preferable. On intervention staffing, administration proposed aides to allow interventionists to run multiple small groups simultaneously. On technology and curriculum oversight, the superintendent described a director of innovation position that would focus on academic data, implementation of digital tools and supervision of technology coaches; the position was budgeted conservatively at the top of the teacher salary scale plus a margin (a board member cited a $107,000 starting figure for a districtwide role).

Officials also discussed a proposed college‑and‑career coordinator role tied to the district’s new eligibility for Perkins career‑and‑technical education funds. Staff said a comprehensive local needs assessment approved by the Bureau of Career and Technical Education makes the district eligible for Perkins funds and that the district would seek to offset part of the coordinator’s cost with those federal dollars, although the first‑year allocation amount was unknown.

Board members questioned whether smaller districts combine or share some leadership roles to save money and asked staff to provide comparative data about how similar districts structure innovation/technology and career coordinator functions. No final hiring approvals were made at the meeting; positions will be considered further as part of budget deliberations.