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Changes coming for top school staffers
The School Board approves a five-year plan to cope with growth by reorganizing.
By REBECCA CATALANELLO
Published July 27, 2005
LAND O'LAKES - Pasco County School Board members voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve an administrative reorganization costing $400,000 this school year.
The plan calls for a five-year phase-in, adding two top-level positions immediately and more in the following years to be sure administrators can cope with growth.
The 60,000-student district is expected to expand to 90 schools and 81,000 students by 2009-2010.
"I think this is the right step in making the improvements we need to do to make our district the best in the state," superintendent Heather Fiorentino said.
Most of the changes involve altering structure, titles or assignments. For example, the human resources, employee relations and communication divisions will now report to the assistant superintendent of administration, Ray Gadd.
Other changes include adding an assistant superintendent for high schools and one for middle schools. Today, assistant superintendent Ruth Reilly oversees both middle and elementary schools. It also adds a supervisor of transportation position.
Additionally, Fiorentino's plan calls for the district to re-examine administrative salaries within the next few months.
The board's approval came over the objections of United School Employees of Pasco representative Kevin Shibley. He questioned the timing of the approval.
The district is still negotiating contracts with teachers, and the union representative asked the board to delay its vote on the matter until after bargaining ended.
"We have a lot of concern from our membership that they settle contracts before they start spending money on new positions," Shibley said.
Also during the meeting, the board named Jim Davis assistant superintendent for high school, adult and alternative schools. Davis was the longtime principal at Zephyrhills High before transferring to James Irvin Educational Center last fall.
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