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Educators, parents and union organizers urge council to protect MNPS funding
Summary
Several Metro Nashville educators, school board members and union organizers urged the Budget & Finance Committee to approve Chair Porterfield's substitute budget, arguing cuts would harm students and push teachers from the district.
Several educators, school board members and union organizers urged the Metro Nashville Council Budget & Finance Committee to approve Councilmember Sharon Porterfield's substitute budget and to avoid proposed cuts to Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS).
At the committee meeting, multiple speakers said cuts in the substitute budget would reduce class supports and jeopardize recovery programs established after the pandemic. Zach Young, who said he serves on the Metro Nashville Board of Public Education, thanked Chair Porterfield for assembling the substitute and urged councilmembers to “do what's right for our students and support the chair substitute budget.”
Erin O'Hara-Block, who said she serves on the Metro Nashville Board of…
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