Minneapolis teachers union opposes school district redesign

The Minneapolis teachers union has come out against a sweeping plan to reshape the public school system, calling on the district to extend its timeline and let students, parents and educators have a say in the design.

The union, which represents more than 3,000 teachers, voted Friday to oppose the school district’s redesign plan. The plans proposed by Superintendent Ed Graff would upend the district’s makeup by cutting and relocating magnet schools and redrawing attendance boundaries, shuffling thousands of students to new schools in an effort to address racial disparities.

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