The Newsless Courier: CCSD's Teacher Allocation Guidelines Ignored?

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

CCSD's Teacher Allocation Guidelines Ignored?

According to Lowcountry Source's Robin Steinberger, parents and teachers in the Charleston County School District are frustrated that the administration is not following its own guidelines in teacher allocation.

Overcrowded kindergarten classes:

"One teacher states that the three kindergarten classes at her school have 77 students. Each class is to have no more than 25 students; therefore, the school should be allocated 4 teachers. The teacher further states that Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait now says that the classes need 27 students in-order-to be allocated another teacher. This is in violation of district policy."

Lack of middle-school vice principal:

"Deer Park Middle has only one vice principal. The enrollment at Deer Park is over 500 students. Garrett Academy has 3 vice principals with around 400 students. A parent stated that this is the only school in North Charleston with one vice principal."

Preschool students uncounted in total enrollment:

"CCSD has decided not to count preschool students in the teacher allocations for a school. Because of this, the school lost a teacher."

Chaos in CCSD's Human Resources office:

"The Human Resources office at CCSD is disorganized and in chaos. Teacher and administrative positions are not allocated based on policy. When teachers are re-assigned, the students are then divided up among other classes, increasing class size. Lowcountry Source previously reported on shortages among school psychologists, and the adverse effect it had on special needs students. All of this upheaval is disruptive to the climate in the schools."

Well, here are the administrators to contact. Good luck with that!