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District presentation defends small class sizes, outlines staffing plan
Summary
Vernonia SD 47J staff explained staffing and class-size targets (elementary ~17:1, K''2 target 15:1), the use of FTE fractions to allocate shared roles, and middle- and high-school minimums needed to provide course options.
Presenter Jim explained how the district calculates staff needs and why small class sizes are a deliberate community choice: "Our small class sizes ... are valuable for a number of reasons," he said, and he compared Vernonia targets (about 17:1 in elementary) with neighboring districts that budget higher ratios.
He walked the committee through a staffing algorithm that showed middle school needs (minimum six teachers for full course coverage at current projections) and said high-school staffing is "skeletal" at current levels for course variety. Members asked technical questions about FTE fractions and how split-funded positions appear in the budget; Marie Knight explained FTE accounting and how part-time hours are represented as decimals in the document.
