DGF school district eliminates 5 non-tenured positions
April 29, 2009
DGF Junior High-Elementary
The DGF School District has decided to eliminate the position of five non-tenured teachers.
According to The Forum, the elementary gifted and talented program and K-12 speech program will have other teachers fill in for the part-time positions. One sixth grade teacher will not have her contract renewed in relative part to a much smaller class size next year.
Randy Bruer said that two part-time kindergarten teachers may be re-hired for full time positions depending upon student enrollment. The district has moved from a half-day to full-day kindergarten. The district expects the new program to increase enrollment enough to change the status of two part-time teachers to two full-time positions.
“We’re not cutting any of the programs we have, and our class sizes will remain small,” Bruer said.
The district estimates that the cuts will reduce their expenses by about $157,000. The board is also considering reductions in supplies, support staff and related sports fees later this spring. All of the moves are being made in anticipation of state funding cuts.
The president of the local teachers’ union, Dan Boyd, said he no major repercussions in the classroom were anticipated.
“Obviously, we don’t want to see any teachers lose their jobs,” Boyd said. “But we really didn’t have anything to fight here because of their non-tenured status.”
