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Now hiring: Central Bucks School District. Here are the jobs, how to apply.
Central Bucks School District is set to host a job fair next month to fill more than 100 positions for the upcoming school year. 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@ 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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13-05-2025
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How many special education teachers are in Bucks County. See your district's staffing
Only about 15% of Bucks County's public school teachers are primarily assigned to special education, according to a review of state data for the 2024-2025 school year. Out of more than 7,600 classroom teachers in Bucks County, about 1,102 had special education as their primary assignment, according to April's individual staff reports published by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Central Bucks, the county's largest district, has the most with 185 teachers, though most districts have more special education teachers than about half of the 500 school districts in Pennsylvania. That total includes special education teachers in all grade levels marked as professional employees by each district. The Bucks County Intermediate Unit, which provides support and resources for all school districts in the county, had at least 230 special education teachers as of Oct, 1, 2024, according to the data. Bucks County Technical High School has 37 special education teachers; Middle Bucks Institute of Technology has four; and Upper Bucks County Technical School has three. Along with charter schools, there are about 1,400 special education teachers across the county when the IU and tech schools are included. The data is provided from school districts to the state. This analysis is based on the information provided by the districts. Two Bucks County school districts, Central Bucks and Council Rock, actually rank sixth and tenth in Pennsylvania based on total special education teachers. None of the county's school districts appeared in a list of school districts with the fewest special education teachers, and most have more special education teachers than 50% of the commonwealth's 500 school districts. Here's a breakdown of how many special education teachers are in Bucks County, including as a percentage of all teachers: Central Bucks School District – 185 special education teachers, 13.33% of all teachers Council Rock School District – 164 special education teachers, 19.34% of all teachers Pennsbury School District – 163 special education teachers, 19.38% of all teachers Bensalem Township School District – 110 special education teachers, 17.94% of all teachers Neshaminy School District – 104 special education teachers, 17.13% of all teachers Bristol Township School District – 84 special education teachers, 21.11% of all teachers Centennial School District – 80 special education teachers, 19.18% of all teachers Pennridge School District – 71 special education teachers, 14.14% of all teachers Quakertown Community School District – 51 special education teachers, 13.78% of all teachers Palisades School District – 25 special education teachers, 12.76% of all teachers New Hope-Solebury School District – 24 special education teachers, 19.51% of all teachers Bristol Borough School District – 23 special education teachers, 21.5% of all teachers Morrisville Borough School District – 18 special education teachers, 21.18% of all teachers Some special education teachers in the data are marked as 'ungraded,' but others are specifically certified for specific grade levels. Here's a breakdown of each district's elementary special education teachers: Central Bucks School District – 73 elementary special education teachers Pennsbury School District – 62 elementary special education teachers Centennial School District – 30 elementary special education teachers Council Rock School District – 30 elementary special education teachers Quakertown Community School District – 25 elementary special education teachers Bristol Township School District – 23 elementary special education teachers Bensalem Township School District – 21 elementary special education teachers Pennridge School District – 13 elementary special education teachers Palisades School District – 11 elementary special education teachers Bristol Borough School District – nine elementary special education teachers New Hope-Solebury School District – five elementary special education teachers Police look into Pennsybury incidents: Lower Makefield police investigating alleged restraint, other incidents at Pennsbury Here's a breakdown of special education teachers in secondary schools across Bucks County: Pennsbury School District – 50 secondary special education teachers Centennial School District – 32 secondary special education teachers Bensalem Township School District – 25 secondary special education teachers Council Rock School District – 24 secondary special education teachers Central Bucks School District – 21 secondary special education teachers Bristol Township School District – 12 secondary special education teachers Palisades School District – nine secondary special education teachers Bristol Borough School District – eight secondary special education teachers Pennridge School District – seven secondary special education teachers Quakertown Community School District – three secondary special education teachers Neshaminy School District – one secondary special education teacher New Hope-Solebury School District – one secondary special education teacher Chris Ullery can be reached at cullery@ This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks County schools have more special ed teachers than most in PA
