MPS public meeting about budget cuts

Gallery: The crowd cheers a speaker during the public comment period.

Gallery: Sophomore Emily Kral of Patrick Henry High School is comforted by social studies teacher Brionna Harder while getting emotional as she speaks about budget cuts.

Gallery: People hold signs during the public comment period during the school board meeting.

Gallery: Superintendent Ed Graff listens during the public comment period.

Gallery: Maya Sprenger, a sophomore at Washburn High School speaks.

Gallery: Farhiya Farah, the mother of two kids at Washburn High School, speaks during the public comment period.

Gallery: Carolyn Brownlie, the mother of two children at Burroughs Community School, speaks during the public comment period.

Gallery: Sandy Bolton, a sophomore at Roosevelt High School, speaks about potential cuts to the Spanish Heritage class at her school, during the public comment period.

Gallery: André Godin, the special education coordinator of resource and autism programs at Washburn High School, who has been laid off because of cuts, speaks during the meeting.