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Prince George schools report bell-schedule changes, summer programs and ongoing staffing and bus challenges
Summary
Board heard updates on a new bell schedule at JJ Moore Middle School (07:36–02:34), summer-school programming, and continuing staff vacancies; finance and operations staff reported multi-month bus lead times and budget constraints for vehicle purchases.
At the Aug. 12 meeting the board received operational updates on bell schedules, summer programs, staffing vacancies and vehicle procurement.
JJ Moore Middle School reported a new bell schedule: “school day now starts at 07:36. We're now ending at 02:34,” and staff said they added three transitions during the day and created math-readiness and readers-cafe offerings as part of the exploratory rotation. The school adjusted duty schedules and added three lunch lines to improve throughput.
Summer-school and opening updates noted multiple programs (advancement, remediation, intervention, enrichment, fine arts), credit-bearing high-school offerings, a middle-school academy, K–5 remediation and enrichment, and a summer-school graduation; staff said orientations and new-teacher academy were completed and Ignite PG drew approximately 1,000 attendees with dozens of breakout sessions.
Human-resources staff reported ongoing vacancies and recruitment work: "Right now there are, 7 special education teacher vacancies, 9 elementary, 2 CTE, and that's 4 science secondary, 1 English," and described outreach to university partners and online recruiting platforms plus plans for exit and stay interviews. The district uses tools (Handshake, recruiting platforms) and a new flyer with a QR code to schedule HR meetings.
Operations and finance staff described vehicle and procurement constraints: the vehicle line in the budget remains $50,000, the division used $41,000 of that to finish a fourth bus purchase, and long lead times mean buses ordered in December 2023 will arrive in stages (one delivered in early August, others expected in September/October). Finance also requested permission to roll two purchase orders into the new fiscal cycle: an outstanding facilities PO for Harrison HVAC ($890,631) and a superintendent-search PO ($22,009.82), totaling $913,613.52; the board approved the rollover.
The board also heard that the division received a $128,000 state grant (no match) that staff plan to use for security projects such as cameras.
