Findings Teachers are hired and transferred per teacher contract. Jobs are first posted internally, if the position is not filled then a teacher is hired from outside the district. Focus schools interview internal candidates for belief in focus only. There may be additional costs for staffing at both neighborhood and focus schools.
All schools have site-based management procedures to ensure adequate staffing for approved programs.
Specials teachers are shared throughout the district unless they teach a full load in one building. We suggest the Board of Education continues monitoring the sharing of staff to minimize the impact on programs and students. The formation of building and district School Improvement Teams and their purpose is part of the teacher s contract. Building school improvement teams are involved in the development of building and the district budgets. Each building determines how they will use their funding for programs during the school day, as well as extra curricular programs.