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As of Aug. 18, Leander ISD had 142 campus vacancies, 69 of which were teacher positions and 73 of which were other campus sta . FILLING VACANCIES
Galleria owners host town halls about development
As of Aug. 18, Leander ISD had 320 noncampus vacancies.
59 Instructional assistants
96 Child nutrition services
34 Special education teachers 23 General education teachers 12 Support teachers
83 Custodial services
BY GRACE DICKENS
The owners of the Hill Country Galleria are hosting two town halls in September to give resi- dents insight into the shopping center’s future. One was held Sept. 14, and the next one will be Sept. 19 from 6-7 p.m. at the Bee Cave City Hall, 4000 Galleria Parkway, Bee Cave. The owners of the outdoor shopping and din- ing area and their consultant team will discuss their long-term goals to increase the overall retail customer base, add more green space and enhance the pedestrian experience. For more information, call 512-767-6600 or visit www.beecavetexas.gov.
142 Vacancies
20 Special programs
320 Vacancies
3 Support professionals
61 Transportaton
37 Other noncammpus departments
23 Plant services
4 O ce sta
7 Administration
SOURCE: LEANDER ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Leander ISD starts school year with 142 vacancies
as we can before the school year starts,” Superin- tendent Bruce Gearing said in a July 19 interview. “This is going to be a more challenging year than it has been in the past. We lost more teachers this year than we have before, and so we have more positions that we have to ll.” Although LISD was not able to ll all positions before the start of the school year, the number of vacancies, both campus and noncampus, has decreased since July. At the July 21 board meet- ing, the district reported 208 campus vacancies with 95 of those being teacher positions. Noncampus vacancies in transportation, special programs, custodial services and child nutrition were at 402 in July, but that number decreased to 320 by mid-August.
BY ZACHARIA WASHINGTON
As of Aug. 18—the day after students returned to campus for the rst day of the 2022-23 school year— Leander ISD had a total of 142 vacancies across campuses, 69 of which were teacher positions. The district has been working since July to ll as many positions as possible before the rst day of school, district o cials said. “Our HR department is working very hard to make sure that we get to be as close to fully sta ed
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