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            Staffing and infrastructure expansion for community schools
3:16:00
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the staffing levels for community schools, and Flavia Puello-Perdomo explains the recent efforts to expand the infrastructure to support the growing number of community schools.
- The DOE is in the process of bringing on 10 additional staff members to support the community schools initiative
- There has been a significant expansion of community schools, with 108 added in 2022-2023, and steady growth in previous years
- The expansion had been managed with the same infrastructure until recent efforts to address staffing gaps
                                
                                    Rita Joseph
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            3:16:00
                                        
                                        So how many people you have on staff now that's open?
                                    
                                
                                    Flavia Puello-Perdomo
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            3:16:02
                                        
                                        So right now we are in the process of bringing 10 additional staff members to be able to support the initiative.
                                    
                                            
                                            3:16:11
                                        
                                        And just to give you a sense of that, in twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three we added 108 community schools, 2021, '20 '20 '2 '50 '1, '20 '18, '20 '19, '20 '6.
                                    
                                            
                                            3:16:23
                                        
                                        Throughout all that duration this was like doubling up the number of schools that we supported with the same infrastructure until now.
                                    
                                
                                    Rita Joseph
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            3:16:30
                                        
                                        So you have 10 more new staffers on your team?
                                    
                                
                                    Flavia Puello-Perdomo
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            3:16:34
                                        
                                        We have 10 people that we're working to bring on board.
                                    
                                            
                                            3:16:36
                                        
                                        That is correct.
                                    