Board approves retirements and resignations; instructional-design team highlights coaching gains
May 12, 2026 | York 01, School Districts, South Carolina
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The York School District 1 Board of Trustees approved multiple personnel items and received updates on instructional coaching and summer programming.
On personnel, the board approved four certified retirements, certified staffing recommendations for the 2026–27 school year, and certified resignations after motions were made by Mr. Anderson and seconded by Miss Johnson; the transcript records that the motions carried but does not include roll-call tallies.
The district’s Director of Human Resources reported current staffing figures: "the total vacancies currently is 16 positions," including nine certified positions, four classified positions and several specialist openings (school psychologist, occupational therapist, an assistant principal). The director also said the district issued 435 certified contracts and had five outstanding returns (about a 2% non-return rate).
On instruction, Carrie Mann of the instructional-design team said 495 teachers participated in professional learning this year and the team completed 752 coaching sessions, a 21.5% increase from the prior year. Mann said coaching "helps translate district goals into daily classroom practice" and described the student-centered learning cohort (170 educators since 2021) and a fellows program that deepens instructional leadership.
The board also heard a brief summer-programming update: summer reading camp for first and third graders, Boys & Girls Club and community-partner sites, summer-school options for fifth–eighth graders, and high-school credit/attendance recovery in early June. Presenters said state summer-reading-camp funds, a community partnership grant, and Title IV funds will support programming.
No further policy actions were taken at the meeting; staff will follow up on personnel processing, instructional supports and summer-program funding as needed.
On personnel, the board approved four certified retirements, certified staffing recommendations for the 2026–27 school year, and certified resignations after motions were made by Mr. Anderson and seconded by Miss Johnson; the transcript records that the motions carried but does not include roll-call tallies.
The district’s Director of Human Resources reported current staffing figures: "the total vacancies currently is 16 positions," including nine certified positions, four classified positions and several specialist openings (school psychologist, occupational therapist, an assistant principal). The director also said the district issued 435 certified contracts and had five outstanding returns (about a 2% non-return rate).
On instruction, Carrie Mann of the instructional-design team said 495 teachers participated in professional learning this year and the team completed 752 coaching sessions, a 21.5% increase from the prior year. Mann said coaching "helps translate district goals into daily classroom practice" and described the student-centered learning cohort (170 educators since 2021) and a fellows program that deepens instructional leadership.
The board also heard a brief summer-programming update: summer reading camp for first and third graders, Boys & Girls Club and community-partner sites, summer-school options for fifth–eighth graders, and high-school credit/attendance recovery in early June. Presenters said state summer-reading-camp funds, a community partnership grant, and Title IV funds will support programming.
No further policy actions were taken at the meeting; staff will follow up on personnel processing, instructional supports and summer-program funding as needed.
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