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Milton School District board approves 2024–25 staffing FTEs, multiple field trips and donations
Summary
The Milton School District board approved staffing FTE totals for the 2024–25 school year, signed off on several extended student trips and accepted gifts and donations. The board also received updates on enrollment, trainings and upcoming events.
The Milton School District Board of Education approved staffing full-time-equivalent (FTE) totals for the 2024–25 school year and cleared a bundle of student field trips and donations during its meeting.
Board members voted on routine business after brief discussion. A motion to approve the staffing FTE totals for 2024–25—recorded in the transcript as moved by Jennifer and seconded by Tracy Heiderbrake—passed by voice vote after a board member noted the district has reduced nearly 20 FTE across listed employee groups over the multi-year window.
The board also approved requests for multiple high-school extended overnight trips, including show choir, FBLA and other competition travel, after a motion reported in the record as made by Tracy and seconded by John. Separately, the Northside sixth-grade rotations to the McKenzie (Mackenzie) Environmental Center were approved following a motion recorded as Rick’s and seconded by Jennifer.
Other routine approvals included the staffing report (moved by a board member and seconded by staff) and an amended list of gifts and donations, which the board approved by voice vote.
Why it matters: Staffing and trip approvals set the operational baseline for the coming school year—how many employees the district will budget for, what student opportunities will proceed, and which private donations the district will accept. The staffing vote was accompanied by an explicit acknowledgment from a board member that the district has trimmed staffing levels in recent years.
What’s next: Officials said official enrollment figures will be provided after state reporting and October scoring; staff will continue to report back on pilot programs and training outcomes during the school year.
