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Jefferson School District board approves staffing plan after hours of public comment, adopts amendments to spare some positions
Summary
After more than three hours of public comment and deliberation, the Jefferson School District board approved a 2024–25 staffing plan with three member amendments to retain four paraprofessionals, keep a fifth‑grade section, and preserve one reading interventionist; the motion passed 6–1.
The Jefferson School District Board of Education approved its 2024–25 staffing plan on April 22 after extended public comment and lengthy debate, voting 6–1 to adopt the plan with three amendments that preserved several positions the administration had listed as possible reductions.
The staffing plan presentation, led by the district’s administration, outlined a set of “possibilities” — not all recommended actions — intended to close a projected operating shortfall. The district said the 2023–24 budget was running about a $1.3 million deficit and that personnel decisions must be finalized before teacher contracts are issued May 15 and signed by June 15. The administration explained many proposed cuts would rely on attrition, retirements and resignations to minimize layoffs.
Why it matters: roughly 75% of the district’s budget is personnel, the administration said, and…
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