MPS Budget Cut, Updated Documents from MFT and Seward ESP Steward


Dear Seward Families,

Last week, MFT Strike Captains, Stewards, and the Joint Executive board were presented with an analysis of the proposed district cuts. Researcher/financial analyst, Lucy Scharbach, has done a deep dive into MPS’s finances for us to analyze the budget cut situation and we now have a two-pager to summarize - here is the most recent version.  Please feel free to pass it around, and to adapt this template e-mail to school board members to send it directly to them!

If we are interested in inviting a school board member to visit our school let me know. MFT is hearing great stories of school board members visiting schools from yesterday and last week, and this is the number one thing that will make a difference in this fight against harmful and unnecessary budget cuts.

Tonight at the Davis Center, MFT will hold an informational picket tonight at 4:45 and we’ll encourage the community to stay for the school board meeting at 5:30pm to support MFT members, students and families who will speak.

Aliina

Seward ESP Steward

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