Community rallies to support Minnetonka teacher threatened for discussing Black trans woman during morning announcements
Parents and community members are calling on the district to do better and will hold a march prior to the school board meeting on Thursday.
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Parents and community members in Minnetonka are rallying behind a teacher who has faced threats and criticism after sharing the legacy of a Black transgender activist during the morning announcements last month, and they re calling on the school district to do more to show they stand with educators and BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students.
Minnetonka Middle School East (MME) language arts teacher Colin Perucco on Feb. 19 highlighted Marsha Johnson, a Black transgender activist and self-identified drag queen, during his “Perucco’s Person of the Day” segment on the MME Morning Show.
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Minnetonka Public Schools has finalized its list of priorities for the 2021 legislative session at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Each year, leaders from public school districts across the state work to create a legislative platform related to education. Minnetonka Schoolsâ Finance Advisory Committee works with district administration and the citizens lobbying group Community Action for Student Education to develop a platform of position statements for use in communicating school district priorities to lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session.
This yearâs platform was unanimously approved Dec. 3 by the Minnetonka School Board. The list of legislative position statements focuses on school funding, including a recommendation to increase the basic formula revenue by 2% for fiscal year 2022, which would equate to $131 per pupil or approximately $1.6 million for the district.