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Parents and students urge Prior Lake-Savage board to preserve choir and Spanish-immersion programs amid budget cuts
Summary
At a March 23 board meeting, parents, students and community members urged the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools board to keep two high-school choir directors and maintain the secondary Spanish-immersion program as administrators prepare the 2026–27 budget.
At the March 23 Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Board of Education meeting, a string of public commenters urged the board to preserve arts and immersion programs they said would be damaged by proposed 2026–27 budget cuts.
Michael Gillis, president of the Prior Lake Choir Boosters, told the board the district’s current plan would “reduce staffing at the high school from two choir directors to only one,” and asked the board to work with building administrators to keep both positions. Gillis said the two directors — referred to in public…
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