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Long Prairie‑Grey Eagle board approves staffing shifts, adds ESL positions in 2026‑27 budget
Summary
The board directed administration to implement staffing and program changes for 2026-27 — eliminating an Instructional Coach role, adding special education and ESL teachers, reducing paraprofessional positions and cutting junior high/junior varsity athletic schedules — in a 5–2 vote.
On May 5, 2026, the Long Prairie‑Grey Eagle School District Board of Education voted to direct administration to implement a package of staffing and program adjustments for the 2026‑27 school year.
The motion, moved by Chairman Gohman and seconded by board member Zastrow, instructed administration to: eliminate the Instructional Coach assignment and add one elementary special education teaching position; reduce three program paraprofessional positions and one WIN teaching position while adding one elementary ESL position and one secondary ESL position; and identify and implement reductions in junior high and junior varsity athletic schedules for budget savings. A roll-call vote carried 5–2, with Zastrow, Zahnow, Hollenkamp, Wolf and Gohman voting yes and Levin and Wright voting no.
Board members framed the package as budget-driven changes intended to align staff roles with student needs and available funding for 2026‑27. The action shifts at least one coaching assignment into special education instruction and creates two ESL classroom positions, while eliminating a set of paraprofessional posts and a WIN teaching role.
The motion gives district administration authority to reassign affected staff where appropriate and to implement schedule reductions for junior high and junior varsity athletics. The board did not specify exact savings, timelines for each personnel change, or which specific athletic events or teams would be reduced; those implementation details were left to administration to identify.
