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Ann Arbor School Board To Discuss Hiring More Teachers

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Ann Arbor Public School District

  More teachers may soon populate classrooms in Ann Arbor schools. It is among the topics of discussion to be held at Wednesday night's Board of Educationmeeting at Forsythe Middle School

The district's executive director of finance will present an update of proposed budget amendments.  That includes an additional $1 million for more staff.  Board member Susan Baskettsays student enrollment went up.

"They may not have fit in the number of classrooms that we already have, so we may have to had to hire teachers. Of course, then there's the changes in staffing through the retirement and people moving away."

The board will also discuss a program called Project Readto help students who are having problems reading.

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— Jorge Avellan is the Ann Arbor beat reporter and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News.  Contact him at 734.487.3363 or email him javellan@emich.edu

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