Encinitas Union School District
101 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road
Encinitas, California 92024-4349
Phone: (760) 944-4300 | FAX (760) 944-4393

Recruitment featured on EUSD agenda
Computers, transportation, records storage also discussed

Adam Kaye
Staff Writer
North County Times

 ENCINITAS - Encinitas  Union School District officials  discussed with the school board  on Tuesday issues relating to  teacher recruitment, computers,  record storage and transportation costs.    Finding "Encinitas-caliber"  teachers to usher students toward success is an ongoing challenge, said Dan Grider, assistant  superintendent of administrative services. During the next 10 years, many of the district's approximately 250 teachers will be  eligible for retirement, he said.  District officials will continue to  seek recruits from the county  Office of Education and other  job fairs, Grider said.    

Special education teachers  are especially difficult to find,  he said, adding that the district  will be heavily recruiting special education staff.

In the area of technology, a  group of parents and consultants called the Technology Standards subcommittee will continue to oversee purchases of computer hardware to ensure the   district gets “the best bang for   its buck,” Grider said.      The committee provides techniical support to install software,    troubleshoot and upgrade connections among campuses and   the district office to accommodate a steady increase in data   traffic.     

Parents have "raved" about   the    district's  Web  site   (www.eusd.kl2.ca.us), board   member Carol Skiljan said,   adding that a mother had said   she enjoyed being able to check her daughter's sixth-grade  homework assignments on the  Internet.    

Sharon South, the district's  chief financial officer, said the  district was running out of space  for paper records and is looking  into storing records on compact  discs. The county Office of Education already has started to  compile student information on  CDs,  she said.    

Transportation and school  modernization also were on  South's list of strategic planning  issues. A transportation committee  met for the first time on Monday,  she said. The committee will be considering the impact of later  school starting times on busing  costs as well as the issue of  where to park buses.     Suggestions of where to park  buses included behind the sheriff's substation on Via Molena, at  an old landfill site south of  Encinitas Boulevard and at  Coaster stations.