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Board hears debate over proposed FTE shifts as enrollment declines
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District reviewed a proposed 2026–27 personnel budget that moves six positions from grant funding into the general fund and recommends nine new positions; trustees pressed administrators to reconcile a near‑term rise in FTEs with a recent drop in student enrollment.
The Monroe-Woodbury Central School District Board of Education on March 18 received a personnel-budget presentation that prompted questions about increasing staff full‑time equivalents (FTEs) while student enrollment has declined.
Presenter Mr. Cahill reviewed the 2026–27 personnel budget and said many line‑item changes reflect recoding of existing staff rather than net new hires. He said six positions currently supported by grants would be shifted into the general fund and that the administration is recommending nine additional positions — five teachers, one school psychologist and three teaching assistants — some intended to convert temporary roles opened this year into probationary…
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