Deluge Of New Openings Fill Central Bucks Hiring Portal

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Since Monday's decision to postpone the reopening of in-person learning due to a staffing shortages, a deluge of new job postings have filled the Central Bucks School District hiring portal.

The positions are for everything from school nurses to teachers, custodians, and librarians.

On Tuesday alone, 22 new jobs were posted — and most of the postings indicate there are multiple openings for each position. Most of the openings are for long term substitutes.

As of Wednesday, the district's portal indicates there are "multiple openings" for the following positions:

• Certified school nurse
• Business/computer/IT teacher
• Technology education teacher
• Art teacher
• School psychologist
• Secondary school counselor
• Library science teacher
• Earth & space science teacher
• Chemistry teacher
• Biology teacher
• French teacher
• Physical education teacher
• General science teacher
• Mathematics teacher
• Social Studies teacher
• English teacher
• Special education teacher

You can see all of the openings here.

The district had planned to offer an option for in-person learning starting Sept. 8, but staffing shortages prompted an all-virtual program through Nov. 11, Central Bucks Superintendent John Kopicki said Monday.

It was not immediately clear how many teacher resignations or leave requests were submitted to prompt the need to close school buildings. The district did not respond to multiple requests seeking comment.

The decision to go fully virtual was made after administrators reviewed responses from Central Bucks parents regarding their instructional preferences.

"Upon receipt of these responses, we applied the data to our educational models and began to prepare teacher placement to deliver the various options. As our administrative staff interpreted the data and fulfilled our educational plan with faculty and staff assignments, it became quickly apparent that we do not have adequate staff to safely open school," Kopicki wrote in the Monday morning announcement.

Kopicki said the district is currently evaluating its staffing and "immediately seek to employ the appropriate number of personnel to achieve our original goal of implementing all options of our reopening plan as soon as possible."