Budget woes pinching sports in Minneapolis schools, and parents are taking notice

Kids across Minneapolis are playing badminton without racquets and sharing the same jersey number at soccer games. They’re piling into Grandma’s minivan to get to practice or games across town.

For the city’s thousands of teens, school sports have become a do-it-yourself effort as the effect of back-to-back budget deficits shows up at Minneapolis Public Schools’ fields, courts and swimming pools. Cutbacks are coming right in the middle of sports seasons and prompting unease as next school year’s $33 million deficit looms.

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