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Laura MacArthur teachers describe staffing cuts, large caseloads and classroom evacuations
Summary
Teachers at Laura MacArthur Elementary told the Duluth board that budget-driven cuts have raised caseloads, removed key support staff and forced reactive evacuations that disrupt learning; they called for added SEB/MTSS staff and lower caseloads.
Teachers at Laura MacArthur Elementary described how recent budget reductions have affected students' safety and learning during the Duluth Public Schools listening session.
"We're stuck in a reactive model where we're only able to respond after behavior has escalated to an extreme," Jordan Wagner, a special‑education teacher at Laura MacArthur, told the board.…
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