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District outlines staffing changes that reshape ESE, HR and safety roles with modest net savings
Summary
The workshop presented a staffing plan that repositions exceptional‑student allocations to district control, restructures HR and risk roles, adds nursing and psychology capacity, and proposes modest net savings across funds; staff said school‑level services would continue.
District staff presented a multi‑department staffing plan that restructures roles across safety, HR, exceptional student education (ESE), food services and student health, and said the combined changes produce roughly $1.3 million in net savings across funds.
Key changes: The plan would convert a vacant principal/threat‑management role to a district threat manager, create school safety guardian positions, delete and add several IT and risk‑management roles, and reorganize HR staffing to manage a growing public‑records workload. HR described a multi‑phase fingerprint re‑screening that is about 40% complete districtwide.
Exceptional‑student allocations: The district proposed moving ESE school specialist positions from site‑based to district‑based allocations. Staff said this change reduces IDA allocations by about 8.5 positions, producing a reported IDA savings of roughly $620,000; they emphasized that no current ESE staff would lose jobs and that other grant or general funds will temporarily offset the shift while schools adjust.
Student services and health: Student services would delete two LPN positions and add two registered nurses and three psychologists, funded through millage; staff framed this as restoring nurses and mental‑health capacity that had been reduced earlier.
Food services and procurement: Proposals include a lead appliance technician and a project manager to oversee cafeteria remodels. Board members asked whether food‑service fund balances could support more scratch cooking and better portioning; staff said they would research costs and report back.
Process and oversight: Board members requested follow‑up reports on the ESE allocation change after an adjustment period and asked staff to be explicit in future materials about which funding sources offset reallocated positions.
Budgetary effect and next steps: Staff summarized net fiscal impacts per fund and described an overall ~ $1.3 million savings across funds. Several board members asked for clearer documentation tying eliminated IDA allocations to new funding sources; staff committed to providing that detail in future materials. No formal action was taken at the workshop.
