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Duluth Public Schools outlines $7.6 million budget cut plan, scales back music co-teaching
Summary
Superintendent Magus told the school board the district must make about $7.6 million in reductions and described a shift in music staffing from a co-teaching model to a single teacher of record plus reduced lesson FTE; administrators recommended any restorations come from assigned fund balance rather than further staff displacements.
Superintendent Magus said the Duluth Public School District must make “a significant course correction of about $7,600,000” and laid out how the administration and principals created reductions and realignments to meet that target.
Magus described adjustments that will change the middle- and high-school music model: bands and orchestras will have a single teacher of record for each class period rather than two certified teachers in a co-teaching model, and supplemental lesson support will be reduced to about half of current full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. He said the district expects a mix of in-class assistance and pull-out individual or small-group lessons but cautioned it will be “a significant reduction in support.”
The superintendent said the board asked administration to develop a comprehensive…
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