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Parkland Hires 2 Elementary School Teachers

Parkland School District hired two additional teachers due to increasing elementary school enrollment.

Burgeoning elementary school enrollment at Jaindl Elementary School and Parkway Manor Elementary School prompted the Parkland School District to add two teaching positions for the 2013-2014 school year.

The fifth grade at Jaindl Elementary School and fourth grade at Parkway Manor School added so many students that enrollment is now closed at both grade levels. 

"We budgeted for two (teaching) positions if we needed them and we needed them," said Parkland Assistant Superintendent Rod Troutman.

As a result of the increased enrollment, a fifth grade class was added to Fogelsville Elementary School, where one of the new teachers will work.

Troutman said any new students who would normally attend Jaindl's fifth grade will attend Fogelsville. Troutman said new students new who normally attend Parkway Manor would be placed where feasible.

"It's never our goal to have a student not go to his or her home school," Troutman said. "But, we have to do what's feasible."

Two kindergarten classes were added at both Jaindl and Fogelsville Elementary Schools with a new hire teaching a class at both schools.

Troutman said the district will continue to watch enrollment at the second grade level at Fogelsville and the first grade levels at Jaindl and Kernsville, as they are reaching critical levels. 

Troutman said possible new enrollments between now and the beginning of the school year will continue to be monitored.

Elementary school enrollment in the district stands at 3,748 as of Aug. 1 Here is the breakdown:

  • Cetronia: 508
  • Fogelsville: 551
  • Ironton: 397
  • Jaindl: 645
  • Kernsville: 418
  • Kratzer: 384
  • Parkway Manor: 451
  • Schnecksville: 394
  • Total: 3,748


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