WSU proposes cuts to Children’s Center (4/14/2021)
Last week, Winona State University (WSU) announced it would cut teaching jobs at the university’s Maxwell Children’s Center, which provides child care for students and faculty. Parents decried the decision, and nearly 400 people have signed a petition opposing it. University leaders are now backtracking because WSU did not initially provide teachers with contractually required advanced notice. University officials now say the job cuts are a proposal not a done deal subject to further negotiation with the teachers’ union, and WSU President Scott Olson said the school and union would discuss “alternative solutions.”