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Administration reports 40 retirements and broad hiring needs; EAs, bus drivers remain staffing priorities
Summary
Administration said the district recorded about 40 retirements and expects the next personnel posting round to include special education, CTE and educational-assistant positions; staff said roughly 300 EAs are employed and the district still needs 10'12 bus drivers, while trustees said the district will address staffing through postings and attrition, not layoffs.
District administration presented the personnel report and outlined immediate staffing needs, including positions to be posted in the coming weeks and the scale of recent retirements.
Michael Cox presented the personnel and professional leave report and said the district will issue another round of openings next week including special-education roles, a functional-room position, science at a high school, CTE roles and administrative openings. He said educational-assistant (EA) postings will be published in July and that the district currently employs about 300 EAs in various roles.
On retirements, Cox said the district had about 40 retirees this year. Board members and staff discussed pathways that the district already offers for EAs to increase pay through an Ivy Tech educational pathway and noted about 20 EAs had completed the program. Members also raised transportation staffing: the district has roughly 124 total bus drivers but currently reports a shortage of about 10 to 12 drivers available.
Trustees asked whether pay differentiation could be implemented between functional-classroom EAs and recess monitors; administration said current scheduling and movement among assignments makes pay differentials difficult but that the idea could be studied. Dr. Hemsel reiterated the board's commitment that there will be no direct layoffs due to consolidation and that staffing moves would be handled through attrition and assignment processes.
What happens next: HR will post the next round of openings, continue the EA pathway program with Ivy Tech and report back on staffing trends and potential pay or scheduling changes.
