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Superintendent outlines 2025–26 'rightsizing' plan as board prepares motions
Summary
The Kenyon-Wanamingo superintendent presented a draft rightsizing plan that would consolidate buildings and reduce several positions; board members discussed program cuts, possible fundraising to restore activities, and asked staff for cost breakdowns before any votes at the next meeting.
The superintendent (speaker 1) presented a rightsizing plan for 2025–26 that would consolidate the district into a single building and reduce staffing to align with that consolidation. She said administration could operate as a 1.5 superintendent role and keep a 1.05 grades 7–12 principal, while shifting a 0.5 portion of her duties to a proposed 1.0 licensed dean for preK–4 and moving instructional‑coach/assessment duties following an anticipated retirement.
"We won't be voting until the next board meeting," the superintendent said, stressing the evening was for conversation and to gather public input. She and staff laid out specific position changes the draft would affect, including a reduction of one full‑time secretary, a reduction in custodial hours, a 0.2 FTE reduction to the tech assistant, and potential adjustments to PE, music and science staffing tied to consolidation and seniority calculations.
Board members pressed for alternatives and for precise savings numbers tied to retirements versus layoffs. Speaker 6 asked about the difference in savings if a senior staff member retires; the superintendent asked finance staff to run comparisons and return figures to the board. Finance staff indicated some totals cited in the presentation were based on assumed retirements and lowest‑seniority calculations.
The superintendent anchored districtwide savings estimates to specific line items: roughly $472,000 attributed to staffing/right‑sizing, $63,000 in transportation shuttle savings, and a five‑year average of about $135,000 in utilities for the consolidation year. She cautioned that some items (notably Title‑funded paraprofessionals and preschool staffing) remain contingent on enrollment and grant funding, and thus could be adjusted if federal/state funds are available.
