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Board hears requests for new teachers, interventionists, maintenance and compliance staff in FY27 budget
Summary
Finance and the superintendent presented multiple new FTE requests including fine-arts teachers to eliminate split positions, a fourth-grade teacher at an underperforming school, interventionists, a maintenance foreman, a special-education compliance coordinator, and a proposed finance director position; nurse pay adjustments were estimated at $188,000.
At the workshop, district leaders presented a package of personnel requests for FY27 intended to support classrooms, special education compliance, maintenance and community relations.
Mr. Pettit outlined proposed new FTEs including media assistants, full-time drama, art and music teachers to replace split positions, and a fourth-grade teacher for Draytonville Elementary as a targeted intervention for an underperforming school. He also described converting some grant-funded roles to general-fund positions when grant funding expires.
Special-education needs prompted requests for a compliance coordinator to manage rising reporting and Medicaid billing requirements; Miss Bessie and Miss Westmoreland spoke to the compliance and eligibility workload increasing district reporting demands.
Operational staffing proposals included a maintenance foreman to handle day-to-day operations and project management in support of planned capital work, and a director-level finance position intended to strengthen grant oversight and district training. Mr. Pettit said a stronger grants oversight role could prevent returning expired grant dollars to the state—he cited that the district had returned roughly $300,000 in prior years due to expirations.
The board also reviewed a proposal to align nurse pay to years of experience and degrees, estimated at about $188,000 if fully implemented, and considered a superintendent-office position to serve as a district ombudsman for community and employee relations.
Board members asked staffing questions (recruitment prospects, how positions were prioritized) and requested more detail on costs and comparisons; staff agreed to provide supplemental spreadsheets and job justification materials ahead of the first reading.
Next steps: staff will supply line-item cost breakdowns and candidate-recruitment expectations for positions before the May 11 first reading.
