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Board approves hires; fingerprinting delays and logistics slow new staff onboarding
Summary
Board approved a slate of hires and contracts; staff described delays with Identigo fingerprinting services that require rescheduling and may incur additional costs for the district and employees.
The board approved one resignation, multiple hires and a transfer as presented on the personnel slate and approved current staff contracts that required signatures.
Staff and board members discussed ongoing fingerprinting delays affecting new hires and some current staff. The district had used Identigo at local library locations (Eckhart Public Library in Auburn) and identified system mismatches that sometimes require refingerprinting. One staff member described the burden: “So I'm trying not to pay for them again,” noting the district had prepaid fingerprinting appointments and was weighing rescheduling options versus redirecting staff to alternate locations.
District staff said they will continue to work with Identigo (and alternate locations such as Fort Wayne) to complete licensing checks and to minimize additional costs to the district and employees.
