Dear Team,
I want to take a moment to thank all of you for the hard work you are putting in to serve our students and schools well. As we enter into the budget season, it's important to remember that the act of building a budget is a way to demonstrate our values and what we believe is the most important work that we have to accomplish.
This year in particular, we have some unique circumstances: We're expecting the Board of Education to select a new superintendent in the coming week; we are in the middle of negotiations with our teachers to create a new ProComp agreement; and we have extensive feedback from the community to the board on the most important areas of focus for our schools.
We recognize that we will need to consider all these factors as we enter into budget development. We have also announced our willingness to invest more funds into teacher compensation as well as in compensation for other DPS bargaining groups. To do this, we will need to find savings from our current budget.
To help with this effort, we are establishing a temporary hiring freeze on non-essential employees, effective Wednesday, Dec. 12.
Exemptions to the hiring freeze will require approval by a member of the senior leadership team. We are committed to providing you details as soon as we have them.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your manager or HR partner.
Thank you.
Warmly,
Ron
Ron Cabrera, PhD
