Board OKs Hiring 5 New Teachers
Decatur schools superintendent cites more than $1.5 million in savings in proposing to hire new kindergarten teachers.
The Decatur School Board Tuesday approved hiring five new kindergarten teachers to help schools deal with a larger-than-expected enrollment. The five new teachers would be certified long-term substitutes at Clairemont, Winnona Park and Glennwood elementaries, Superintendent Phyllis Edwards told the board. Oakhurst Elementary has already gotten two additional kindergarten teachers. The move would reduce the ratio of teachers and paraprofessionals to students from 1 to 12 down to 1 to 10, Edwards said. "Our goal is to increase the adults in that area," Edwards told the board. Edwards told the board that the system's budget "has come in better than expected," with more than $1.5 million in savings from the previous year. The system needed …
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