The Brief
- Minneapolis Public Schools will cut special education staff, according to a longtime teacher.
- The cuts were announced in an email to educators in February, the teacher said.
- The district did not deny the cuts but noted the special education budget was projected to grow by $3 million.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Minneapolis Public Schools will make sweeping cuts to special education staff next school year, a longtime teacher said.
Minneapolis schools to cut special education staff, teacher says
The backstory:
Minneapolis Public Schools will make cuts to special education staff next school year, a longtime teacher said.
The cuts were announced in an email to educators in February, the teacher said. The teacher, who did not want to be identified, said the cuts will drive up student-teacher ratios from 8-to-1 to as high as 12-to-1, something she fears will adversely impact learning. She said the cuts include teaching positions as well as critical support staff, which she said will put vulnerable students at risk.…