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Moorhead board approves reductions and preliminary 2025‑26 staffing plan amid enrollment shifts
Summary
The board approved a resolution to discontinue or reduce programs and positions, including a 0.5 FTE Chinese teacher reduction, and received a preliminary staffing plan that lists several reductions and a handful of additions tied to enrollment and budget projections.
The Moorhead Area Public Schools Board on March 24 approved a resolution directing administration to effect terminations, reductions and nonrenewals of educational programs and positions because of changing enrollment and financial limits.
The resolution identified a 0.5 FTE reduction in Chinese language instruction for grades 9–12. Dr. Winnick (district administrator) told the board the teacher in that position had been working half time this school year because enrollment was low (about 40 students, with roughly 15 continuing), and that the teacher had been approved for retirement at a prior board meeting. Laura Lee (commenter) asked whether the action would affect that retirement; administration said the teacher’s retirement status…
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