Tuscaloosa board approves personnel changes; superintendent outlines plan to recruit special-education teachers

The Tuscaloosa City Schools board voted March 3 to approve superintendent Dr. Cameron’s personnel recommendations, which included one retirement, multiple resignations, rehires, transfers, part-time extended-day tutors and several athletic supplements.

Dr. Cameron summarized the personnel and supplemental lists for 2025–26, noting the packet included resignations, one rehire for classified personnel, transfers, and a mix of contracted and volunteer coaches. Board members set aside item number four on the supplemental list for separate consideration before voting.

Board members pressed the superintendent for clarification about a collaborative-teacher role on the supplemental list and broader special-education staffing. A board member identified the collaborative teacher as a position that pushes into general classrooms and pulls small groups for intervention rather than serving in a self-contained classroom. Dr. Cameron said the district is using a pipeline approach, including a Reach University program, and has two employees currently in a program with the University of West Alabama to obtain certification. He said nine additional candidates were “in the pipeline” and that the district would present a retention and recruitment plan to the board on April 1.

After discussion, the board voted to approve the personnel recommendations and separately approved supplemental item number four; that supplemental vote passed with one abstention. The superintendent said the district would use substitutes and internal plans to cover classrooms when staff departures are effective, and that the administration would bring proposed retention measures to the board next month.

No details on salary amounts for supplements or on the supplemental item that was set aside were provided in the public presentation beyond the list in the board packet.