"Kids are already using it," Superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez says. "To them, it's no big deal. It's us making a big deal of it, and causing it to be more than it really is."
The state superintendent race is heating up months after state lawmakers expanded the voucher program, which uses public dollars for private education.
On Monday evening, the St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education approved the new 2023-2025 contracts for the St. Paul Federation of Educators. Educators and the school district previously reached a tentative agreement just days before a strike was planned.
The upheaval comes as the district’s finance officials have floated tapping a heretofore lightly-used program that allows public agencies to borrow money against future revenues that must be repaid in the short term, with interest.
District leaders cite declining enrollment, rising costs and the end of COVID-19 funding for the historic $110 million budget shortfall they're facing.
It’s not just happening in education. Private-sector employers are seeing similar improvements, as are other government-provided health programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
To save some time on the whole "what book should I read next" part of the equation, District Administration will regularly scour the latest releases to bring you our most well-informed recommendations.
As someone who has helped launch nearly 1,000 esports programs, I've seen how they draw students to school, and how districts can set up teams at little or no cost.
While schools in the Pittsburgh region have different reasons for considering consolidation, a windfall of school closures could hit districts across the country in coming years.
