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Principals tell board new curriculum and required training stretched staffing and tutor resources

Lakeville Area Schools Board of Education · December 17, 2025
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Summary

Elementary principals told the board that new curriculum adoptions and statutorily required training limited PLC time and reduced tutoring capacity; administrators asked the board to consider priorities such as assistant principals, behavior specialists, interventionists and instructional coaches.

Elementary principals and system leaders told the Lakeville Area Schools board that curriculum adoptions (Bridges math) and legislatively required training have pressured professional-development time and reduced intervention supports.

Principal Jill Kelly and others described system supports that have been added—such as reading interventionists and family support workers—while noting that mandatory training requirements (the presentation referenced the "Reid Act"…

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