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Board reviews multiple new FTE requests — fine arts hires, interventionists and a compliance coordinator
Summary
The finance presentation included a slate of proposed FY27 personnel additions: full-time drama, art and music teachers to replace split positions, targeted 4th-grade and academic-intervention positions, a maintenance foreman, a compliance coordinator in student services, and a director-level finance operations role to improve grant and ledger oversight.
Finance staff and the superintendent described proposed new and adjusted FTEs intended to support classroom instruction, compliance and capital work.
Under the fine-arts initiative, Mr. Petty proposed converting split positions into full-time roles: a full-time drama teacher (so both middle and high have coverage), an art teacher, and a music teacher in targeted schools. He said schools splitting roles would receive full-time staff where justified by enrollment. For underperforming Draytonville Elementary, the board discussed adding a 4th-grade teacher to lower class sizes and target interventions.
Student-services staff (Miss Westmoreland) described increased special-education eligibility and documentation demands from the state and supported adding a compliance coordinator to reduce the workload on other coordinators and to manage initial eligibility meetings and interventions. Mr. Petty also proposed a maintenance foreman to help run daily operations and serve as a project manager for capital work generated by energy-audit recommendations.
Why it matters: these FTE changes affect recurring personnel costs and classroom capacity; some additions address legally mandated services (e.g., a one-on-one staffer for a visually impaired child), while others aim to improve compliance and operations.
