Parkland SD recommends two teachers, central registrar and four paraeducators for 2025–26 budget

The Parkland School District administration presented a staffing package intended to address anticipated enrollment changes for the 2025–26 school year, asking the board to consider adding two teacher positions, one central registrar and four paraprofessionals.

Tim, the administration presenter, told the board the staffing recommendations grew out of retirements, vacancy reviews and enrollment projections. "We have about 1,400 new registrations every year," he said, noting kindergarten registration remains uncertain and will alter final needs. The two teacher positions are proposed as summer contingency hires for K–12 deployment as enrollment patterns become clearer.

On central registration, administration proposed moving existing high-school registrars into an operations-center office and adding a third central registrar so one staff member can be assigned to each township. Leslie, who provided cost context, said a registrar position is budgeted at about $115,000 in salary and benefits; she also estimated a paraprofessional costs "about 75,000" annually. The centralization, administrators said, would standardize residency-verification paperwork and reduce duplicate work now handled across many buildings.

Administrators argued the four additional paraprofessionals would support special-education caseloads and unexpected IEP needs from mid-summer enrollments. The board pressed for a staffing-cost breakout at the budget seminar; administration agreed to provide a staffing sheet showing salary and benefit totals attributed to each proposed position so the board can review trade-offs before final budget decisions.