Report (pdf) - School Management Services

The Project Consultants review of the School District of Bruce’s high school
master schedule for the 2008-09 school year revealed that 8 of 16 regular,
full-time teaching staff members held split assignments between Bruce
Middle School and Bruce High School. (Most were assigned only 1 period
at Bruce Middle School). Considering all regular (non-special education)
teachers at Bruce High School during the first semester of the 2008-09
school year, 12 of 16 teaching staff members were assigned 4, 5, 6, or 7
teaching preparations daily, while 4 (full-time) teaching staff members were
assigned 2 or 3 teaching preparations daily.
The Project Consultants concluded that the number and distribution of
teaching preparations assigned to Bruce High School full-time teaching
staff members during the 2008-09 school year were predictable for a
smaller critical student mass school district which is experiencing student
enrollment decline and attempting, simultaneously, to maintain a
comparatively robust array of secondary school course offerings.
In the Project Consultants’ examination of Ladysmith-Hawkins High School
master schedule for the 2008-09 school year, it was ascertained that only 2
of 21 full-time, regular teaching staff members held split assignments
between Ladysmith-Hawkins Middle School and Ladysmith-Hawkins High
School. Considering all regular (non-special education) teachers at
Ladysmith-Hawkins High School during the first semester of the 2008-09
school year, 19 full-time teaching staff members were assigned 3, 4, 5, or 6
teaching preparations daily, while 1 full-time teaching staff member was
assigned 2 teaching preparation daily. (Part-time regular teaching staff
members were assigned 2 or 3 teaching preparations daily).
© Roger Worner Associates, Inc.
98