With summer coming to an end, Fall River Public Schools is looking to hire faculty and staff before students take their seats on Aug. 27, the first day of school. There’s one problem.

The school district is transitioning between one online hiring software, Schoolspring, and another, Frontline Education. In the meantime, positions listed on both sites are collecting applications, adding a layer of confusion surrounding how best to track the number and kind of open positions, School Committee member Kevin Aguiar noted at the July 29 School Committee meeting. 

The school’s Human Resources Department has ramped up job fairs, programming, professional development and local events to meet interested candidates, beginning with a Bristol Community College job fair on May 1 this year, followed by a Fall River Public Schools job fair on May 5 that garnered 24 applications handed in that same day and resulted in eight hires. 

According to June 2025 data, the district is looking to fill 194 vacancies.

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