Brainerd Teachers Could Help Hire Others Back

Brainerd teachers will vote on Friday whether or not to allow school administrators to spend staff development reserve funds to hire back other teachers next fall. Superintendent Jerry Walseth told the Dispatch that $300,000 could be used to hire back 5 or 6 teachers laid off in budget cuts this year. Walseth proposed reserve funds also be used to hire a curriculum director, and a Reading Recovery teacher.