| The Minneapolis public school district issued what it called its final offer to education support professionals, as the ongoing strike will cancel a 10th day of classes on Monday. Teachers and educational support professionals want more money, smaller class sizes and other concessions from Minneapolis Public Schools. Those are demands the district says it can’t afford. The latest development came Sunday, when the district offered its “last, best and final” offer to the educational support professionals, or ESPs. The complex offer includes an average pay bump of more than 15 percent over two years. That would get most of the full-time ESPs close to a salary of $35,000 a year, according to the district. “We know that our students want to be back in school with their teachers and ESPs and our staff desperately want to see our students,” said Minneapolis School Board Chair Kim Ellison, in a video message posted by the district. “We believe this is the fastest way possible to get our students back to school."
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