TUSD Update: Latest Info on Teacher Staffing Numbers

I recently wrote to the Torrance Unified School District asking for updated information on the teacher count in the district.

Here's the FOIA request that I submitted to the chief Business Officer Keith Butler:

Dr. Butler:

I just wanted to get some statistics:

1. How many teachers are currently employed by Torrance Unified School District? 
2. How many teachers were employed as of the final day of instruction for years 2017 through 2022?
3. How many current teacher vacancies are extant in the district?

Here's the answer I received:

Hello--the data we have available is:

How many teachers are currently employed by Torrance Unified School District?
1,114 teaching positions, 1,080 active positions (when accounting for employees on leaves of absence)

How many teachers were employed as of the final day of instruction for years 2017 through 2022?
We cannot run reports for prior years, so we have to pull from existing snapshots on file. We pulled numbers from reports we had recorded that were closest to the last day of instruction. Note - these are total positions and do not account for employees on leaves of absence.

10/3/17- 1,017
5/14/18 - 1,144
6/10/19 - 1,155
4/13/20 - 1,145
4/27/21 - 1,124

How many current teacher vacancies are extant in the district?
Total is 8.4

A few initial observations:

The number of teachers is declining somewhat.

The current number is doing down, closer to the lower numbers in 2017.

More information to follow.