Some teachers and principals reported class sizes this school year in the upper 40s in middle and high school classes and
mid-30s in elementary school classes. Class sizes were the largest they had ever been in Duluth, longtime teachers said.
and this:
Board members expressed frustration at the reappearance of many options.
“We would make a huge mistake by getting rid of elementary specialists,” said Judy Seliga Punyko. “That’s the one thing that every other district has around us.”
On the School Board’s long list of possible ugly cuts is the all-day kindergarten that the District should never have implemented because it didn’t have the money. Luckily (potentially) for the District, the state legislature will consider funding all-day Kindergarten statewide this year.
