Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis teachers call school district’s proposed budget cuts “emotional blackmail”
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis teachers will be sounding off Thursday on the district’s proposed budget cuts, calling it “emotional blackmail” that targets some of the district’s most vulnerable students.
This is all coming as the district and its teachers are in mediation for a new contract deal.
Minneapolis Public Schools says it’s dealing with what it calls a “historic” budget shortfall of at least $110 million. But teachers aren’t buying it.
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To make up for the lack of money, the district says cuts may need to be made to fifth-grade music classes, assistant principal positions, specialists for literacy and math and less funding for other programs.
The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers is blaming the budget shortfalls on the district’s reckless spending. The union says the administration needs to reprioritize its spending because better pay and benefits for teachers means higher quality education for students.
Teachers in the district have worked without a contract for eight months. They will speak more at a news conference scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Minneapolis police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened near Oliver Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North just before 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Investigators say an SUV struck another vehicle, which then collided with a motorcyclist. The driver of the SUV then fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night.
A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
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