Trego's Mountain Ear

The sign sort of begs the question: What’s going on? Despite the vast number of vacancies, Trego’s newly elected school board members did not fire a bunch of people. There were a couple instances of contract nonrenewal, but the majority were people choosing to move on to different things. That said, it might be easier to list the positions Trego School isn’t hiring: It is not currently hiring a teacher’s aide, a teacher for the upper grades, or a bus driver.

What’s available? Substitute Bus Driver. Trego school is chronically looking for substitutes, for all positions. Amusingly, what happened this time was that the board went to interview an applicant, only to realize they hadn’t publicly posted the position recently and needed to do so in order to be able to legally hire.

Elementary Teacher: Mrs. Kiser gave the board notice at a meeting last month that she’s accepted a position elsewhere, so Trego School is looking for a teacher for the lower grades.

School Cook: The former cook resigned and the position is being filled by a substitute cook for the remainder of the school year.

Maintenance/Custodial: This was actually two separate jobs, and it’s not entirely clear if the board is hoping to hire one person to fill the role or two.

District Clerk. District Clerk is essentially a political job, appointed yearly at the reorganization meeting that follows the school board election. It’s not eligible for tenure, and is probably the worst position in the district for job security, by virtue of the laws that outline how it is filled. However, it is a hard job to be fired from.

Generally, what seems to happen is nonrenewal at the reorganizational meeting. This is what happened, but as the clerk stated at the last meeting (Monday, May 13th), when the minutes were being corrected, that she wasn’t sure whether it was the custodian or clerk position that she had previously stated she didn’t want, it seems unlikely that anyone was particularly upset by the outcome.