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Board approves multiple hires, notes resignations and local housing pressures affecting staffing
Summary
The board approved several hires for the 2024–25 school year and accepted two resignations; members discussed teacher housing shortages and recruitment challenges as drivers of staff turnover and vacancies.
The board approved a slate of new hires for the coming contract year and formally accepted two resignations, while several trustees raised concerns about local housing availability for school staff.
Chair read appointments including Stephanie Abada (PowerSchool information-systems specialist, Central Office), Adam Majors (second-grade teacher, KI Elementary), Rachel Hall (sixth-grade science teacher, Gwenmill High School) and Tyler Cruz (elementary gym teacher). Each hire was moved, seconded, and approved by voice vote. Board members praised incoming staff's experience and noted existing new curriculum and mentoring plans for middle-school science.
On resignations, the chair announced that Caitlin Magdalene (first-grade teacher, Kaya Elementary School) and Allison Swisher (paraprofessional) would resign effective Aug. 5, 2024. A staff member described repeated efforts to help Caitlin find affordable housing locally, including personal offers and referrals, and said those efforts were unsuccessful. Multiple board members identified housing as a persistent recruitment and retention problem, noting an open special-education position and urgency with the school year approaching in three weeks.
A committee member moved to approve the resignations and the board voted to accept them. Trustees also thanked volunteers and community members for their school-support efforts; one board member praised a food-truck concession collaboration as a creative fundraising model.
Next steps: the district will continue recruiting for remaining openings; no funding or relocation commitments were recorded in the provided segments.
