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Board rejects work-group interim plan for Hmong programs, directs unified preK–8 timeline and near-term fixes
Summary
After hours of public testimony from Hmong students, parents and community leaders, the Saint Paul Public Schools board voted down the work-group’s interim plan to move Hmong studies to Prosperity Heights (Option A) and instead directed the superintendent to accelerate the district’s unified preK–8 plan and take near-term steps to ease overcrowding.
After nearly three hours of public comment and a lengthy board discussion on Dec. 18, the Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education rejected the facilities work-group’s interim recommendation to move the Hmong-studies program to Prosperity Heights and instead approved a directive asking the superintendent to accelerate the district’s long-term unified preK–8 plan and take immediate steps to reduce crowding at Tzu Chi (TSUKI) campuses.
The board’s vote on the work-group recommendation — known as Option A, which would have moved Hmong studies K–4 to Prosperity Heights and returned fifth grade to the lower campus — failed on a 1–6 tally. Director Pat Vu, who presented the work-group recommendation and urged the board to accept it, was the lone affirmative vote. After the failed motion, Director Victor Franco offered a substitute directive that passed 6–1.
The adopted directive instructs the superintendent and…
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