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Board queries staffing plan: assistant principals, reading teachers and CTE TAs

Utica City School District Board · February 8, 2026
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Summary

Board members pressed administrators on a package of staffing proposals — seven new assistant principals, a multi-year plan to add reading teachers (staff said ~30 needed), and CTE teaching-assistant positions — raising questions about cost, fillability and certification requirements.

Board discussion shifted to staffing investments the administration proposed to support instructional improvement: targeted additions of assistant principals, a multi-year plan to expand reading teachers at the K–2 level, and budgeted teaching-assistant (TA) positions for Career and Technical Education (CTE).

Staff said the budget proposes seven new elementary assistant principals and an approximate $870,000 increase tied to those positions; staff clarified those would be new positions, selected by…

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