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Board approves staffing‑allocation updates, several scheduling waivers and targets media/ESP concerns
Summary
The board approved the FY 2026‑27 staffing‑allocation manual and a set of waivers allowing several schools to change schedules (including 4x4 block and 6‑of‑7 proposals); union representatives and staff urged restoring clerical and media‑aid hours and discussed bargaining implications.
The Alachua County School Board voted April 21 to approve the district’s FY 2026‑27 staffing‑allocation manual and to grant multiple scheduling waivers for the 2026‑27 school year.
Staff described a cleanup of the allocations book: art, music and physical education are listed separately; assistant principals are allocated by school level; guidance clerical aid hours are standardized at four hours per school; Alachua eSchool allocations were realigned by content area; and the character‑counts program staffing was clarified. Staff said these edits do not change total allocations for the coming year.
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