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HR report: district says teacher turnover is below national benchmarks; Pivot evaluation platform in use

Kennewick School District Board of Directors · April 10, 2026
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Summary

The board heard the district’s annual HR report showing a combined stayers/movers retention rate averaging about 96.9% (roughly 3% loss annually), described targeted recruitment for hard-to-fill roles and the district’s use of the Pivot electronic evaluation platform.

Tom presented the Kennewick School District’s annual human-resources report and told the board the district’s staffing expenditures account for roughly 85.1% of the total expenditure budget. He reviewed teacher counts (about 1,141) and said the district’s head count on the most recent count day was about 18,609 students.

Using cohort analysis for hires beginning in 2019–20, Tom compared district mover/leaver percentages against a cited national threshold of about 8 percent and said the district’s combined…

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