FREMONT —The Fremont Community Schools sent out reduction in force notices to 10 teachers district wide and five of those employees have already been recalled and there are hopes the district will be able to do the same with the others.
At Monday’s regular meeting, the board of education approved the issuing of those letters to teachers, as required by law, that they may not have a job with the district in the fall. The five-employee net reduction is due to a decrease in state funding and a projected further drop in enrollment.
Superintendent Ben Roederer stressed the intent is to re-assign teachers, whenever possible.
“From 1999 to 2000 to this year, the elementary has lost 30 percent of its enrollment,” Roederer said. “At the high school, it’s gone up a little. At the same token, we will receive 5.7 percent less from the state.”
Roederer earlier said the RIFs are an unpleasant part of his job, but all part of “staying efficient and provide the same quality.” Based on class sizes and enrollment in the fall, more shuffling of teachers will continue.
In the next three years, Roederer said per student, the district will receive less money from the state including: $6,463 this year; $6,342 in 2012 and $6,303 in 2013.
By 2013, it’s projected that the Fremont enrollment could fall under 1,000 students.
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