Now hiring: Central Bucks School District. Here are the jobs, how to apply.
School officials plan to hold the hiring event Aug. 25 at Central Bucks South from 4–7 p.m., according to the district's employment website.
They're to hire for support staff positions at the fair, including bus drivers, custodians, and aides, the posting states. The August job fair is set to come after the school board approves new child abuse training requirements for employees in the wake of the Jamison Elementary allegations.
More: Central Bucks students abused in Jamison special ed class; admins misled police: report
Additional hires may include educational assistants and personal care assistants, spokesperson Mike Petitti said July 9. There are 100 openings for those positions.
Each starts at a pay rate of $18.52 per hour, according to the job listings.
"The district is working diligently to properly identify the unique needs of students and employ the necessary staff to support them," Petitti said.
Human resources and representatives from each department are to be on hand to answer questions and conduct screening interviews, according to the posting.
School board officials are also set to move up child abuse recognition and reporting requirements at their July 24 policy committee meeting, Petitti said July 10.
As this news organization first reported in February, Central Bucks has allowed new hires up to six months to complete the mandated reporter training —a deadline which lagged behind many Bucks County districts.
With the change, Central Bucks would join Bristol Township, Bristol Borough and New Hope-Solebury in requiring some form of mandated reporter training prior to starting work for new hires who haven't completed the training in the last five years.
"No new district employee will be able to begin work in CBSD for the 2025–26 school year unless they complete and provide confirmation of completing their required mandated reporter training," Petitti said.
Central Bucks has struggled with a shortage of educational and personal care assistants, who often work with special education students, since at least last year. The district is not alone in staffing difficulties, as there is a statewide teacher shortage, especially in special education.
Bucks County specifically is experiencing a moderate teacher shortage, according to state education advocates.
In September, an eighth-grade special education teacher told Central Bucks board members that Lenape Middle School was in a "dire situation" regarding special education staffing. There were no longer any educational assistants to help his students in class, Angelo Menta said, and he worried they would start "slipping through the cracks."
By late January, Central Bucks had dozens more special education openings than Pittsburgh Public Schools, even though Central Bucks is smaller and has a lower percentage of special education students.
Central Bucks recently stopped listing support staff roles individually, so it's not immediately apparent from the website how many positions are unfilled at any given time.
Other nearby districts, such as Pennridge, have turned to third-party contractors to fill support staff roles.
Jess Rohan can be reached at jrohan@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Central Bucks seeks to hire more than 100 people to support roles
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