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Families and school staff urge district to preserve Achievement Plus liaison positions at three schools
Summary
Multiple speakers at the April 29 meeting urged Saint Paul Public Schools to sustain the Achievement Plus partnership with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and to retain full-time liaisons at Saint Paul Music Academy, Bruce Vento and Dayton’s Bluff.
At the April 29 special meeting on the FY2026 budget, parents, teachers and volunteers pressed Saint Paul Public Schools to preserve the Achievement Plus partnership with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and to retain the partner liaison positions that connect families to services.
Amber Ray Bernhardt, a parent from Saint Paul Music Academy, said the district’s plan to eliminate the Achievement Plus community and partner liaison position at several sites would sever school-based connections to in-school dental care, food, housing, clothing assistance and after-school and summer programming provided…
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