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4.5 Total Professional Staffing Trends
The Project Consultants examined the School District of Bruce’s,
Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s, and Weyerhaeuser Area School
District’s total professional staffing trends from 1996-97 through 2006-07.
(The Project Consultants employed data gathered from the Wisconsin
Taxpayers’ Alliance documents entitled SchoolFacts).
Table 13-B divulges that 90.3 full-time equivalent professional staff
members were employed by the School District of Bruce in 1996-97 and
71.6 full-time equivalent professional staff members were employed in
2006-07, resulting in a net decrease of -18.7 full-time equivalent
professional staff members or -20.7% over the nine year span of time.
TABLE 13-B
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE
TOTAL STAFF (FTE)
1996-97 / 2006-07
School 1996-97 2001-02 2006-07
Bruce 90.3 86.1 71.6
A review of the School District of Bruce’s student enrollment from 1996-97
through 2006-07 illustrated a drop in student enrollment from 725 to 582
students, a net loss of -143 students or -19.7%. When comparing changes
in the school district’s student enrollment and full-time equivalent
professional staff member losses between 1996-97 and 2006-07, the
Project Consultants concluded that the School District of Bruce has done
an excellent job of synchronizing its reduction in full-time equivalent
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