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Superintendent outlines cost-neutral reorganization to focus on culture, academics and facilities
Summary
A superintendent video presented to the Schuylkill Valley School District Board proposed a two-house organizational structure emphasizing culture, academics and facilities, said the changes would not add to the district budget and would not eliminate positions.
The Schuylkill Valley School District superintendent presented an organizational restructuring designed to align the district’s academic and business functions and to prioritize culture, academics and facilities. In a recorded presentation, the superintendent said the plan “comes at no additional cost to the district” and framed the changes as a reallocation of responsibilities rather than staff reductions.
The proposal divides leadership into an "academic house" (teaching, learning, student services, athletics) and a "business and operations house" (facilities, technology, finance, transportation, food services, human resources). The superintendent said the chart uses solid lines to indicate primary supervisory responsibility and dotted lines to indicate shared support and collaboration. He emphasized that the chart is intended to illustrate reporting relationships and not to convey relative importance of roles.
Specific recommendations discussed included elevating the director of finance to chief financial officer, creating a coordinator of human resources, removing or repurposing certain positions (including a digital content specialist and an assistant business manager), and creating leadership roles in buildings and grounds and transportation. The superintendent said the plan focuses on promoting and leveraging internal talent and stressed, “This plan does not furlough or eliminate any employees.”
The video also recommended specific people for certain roles and noted timelines: recommending Kristen Wallace for chief financial officer with a $160,000 annual salary (pro-rated) and proposing Michael Capania (listed in the agenda and transcript with variant spellings) as director of buildings and grounds. The presentation noted that some changes are restructurings of existing roles rather than net new positions and that the district will seek staff, family and community feedback in August.
The board discussed the proposal later in the meeting and moved forward with a series of agenda items that implement parts of the restructuring.
The board's next step is to consider individual employment agreements and formal job descriptions, which the administration indicated will be brought back for final approval where required.
