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Trustees press Austin ISD staff on staffing weights, ratios and academic baseline
Summary
Trustees probed district staff about the shift from enrollment-based allocations to weighted staffing formulas and asked for clearer academic baselines tying staff allocations to program offerings, citing inequities where some schools have more staff but fewer course options.
At an April 30 work session, Austin ISD staff described how the district moved from enrollment-only staffing allocations to a weighted formula that factors special education, emergent bilingual, and economically disadvantaged populations. Denanisha Presley said the district introduced weights after 2021 and recommended pausing any changes to weights until the board's academic vision and baseline expectations are clarified.
The details: Presley and Mark Gurgle, director of staffing and substitute services, walked trustees through baseline allocations (one principal per campus; assistant-principal…
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