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From YouTube: ASD School Board Meeting 6-6-2023
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ASD School Board Meeting 6-6-2023
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A
Good
evening,
we'd
like
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
school
board
meeting
today
is
Tuesday
June
6th.
We,
the
time,
is
about
601
members
present
in
the
boardroom.
We
have
members
Wilson,
Jacobs,
Holloman,
Higgins
and
Donnelly
as
well
as
Bellamy
member
lessons
is
excused
tonight.
We
also
have
Dr
Bryant
our
superintendent
and
we
have
Miss
Foster
our
administrative
executive
assistant,
I'm,
sorry,
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
ask
everyone
to
stand
for
the
pledge,
please.
A
C
We
acknowledge
that
we
gather
here
today
on
the
traditional
lands
of
the
denina
people
of
the
upper
Cook
Inlet
for
thousands
of
years.
The
denina
people
have
been
and
continue
to
be,
the
stewards
of
this
land
ASD
is
committed
to
diversity
and
inclusion,
and
it
is
with
the
honor
and
respect
that
we
recognize
all
indigenous
people
who
live
and
learn
in
our
community.
C
A
You
and
again
we'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
our
meeting
and
thank
you
for
attending
and
supporting
the
work
of
the
Anchorage
School
District,
and
this
board
we'd
like
to
thank
our
students.
Of
course,
our
parents
teachers,
our
staff,
our
business
partners,
the
entire
community
for
your
investment
in
our
district.
With
your
time,
your
talents
and
your
tax
dollars,
and
that
brings
us
to
item
three.
A
A
We
do
not
have
Earth,
because
it's
summer
time
we
do
not
have
our
student
representative,
but
I'm
sure
he's
listening
to
the
meeting.
So
we
will
welcome
him
back
at
the
end
of
summer,
and
that
brings
us
to
our
go
monitoring.
Item
C
on
the
agenda
is
our
goal
monitoring,
so
we're
ready
for
our
conversation
keep
in
mind
tonight.
We
will
have
two
conversations,
two
separate
conversations.
A
Our
first
conversation
will
be
an
interim
gold
number
1.1,
which
is
our
reading
proficiency
goal,
and
the
second
conversation
will
be
on
interim
goal:
number
2.1
of
our
math
proficiency
goal
before
we
begin
I'd
like
to
welcome
the
staff,
of
course
welcome.
You
guys,
but
I'd
like
to
confirm
that
all
four
components
are
present
in
both
of
the
reports
that
we
were
given
last
at
our
last
meeting.
A
A
Both
reports
show
the
superintendent's
evaluation
of
performance,
and
both
reports
show
supporting
documentation.
That
evidence
is
the
superintendent's
evaluation
via
the
tables
that
are
provided,
and
it
also
indicates
indicates
next
steps.
So,
with
all
those
components
present,
we
are
ready
to
begin
our
conversation.
Our
reading
conversation
we'll
start
with
reading,
so
for
the
purpose
of
understanding
the
current
reality
of
our
students
as
compared
to
this
goal.
This
is
our
reading
goal
goal.
1.1.
A
That
goal
reads
it's
right
there.
You
can
read
it
for
yourself,
but
that
interim
gold,
the
percentage
of
K2
students
at
or
above
reading,
benchmark
on
interim
assessments,
fast
Bridge
curriculum-based
measures
will
increase
from
37.5
percent
in
the
spring
of
2021
to
80
percent
in
Spring
of
2024..
You
can
also
read
our
the
primary
goal
there.
F
A
So
what
one
of
the
questions
and
I
know
that
a
couple
of
board
members
sent
in
I'll
I
usually
start
remembering
lessons
but
she's,
not
here
so
I
gotta
hold
up
I
gotta
hold
I
gotta
I
gotta
do
good
here
tonight
she
did
send
in
her
questions
and
but
one
of
the
there
there's
this
I
get
a
lot
of
questions
about.
Okay,
so
we
moved
from
Peaks
to
people
were
used
to
Peaks.
A
They
were
used
to
fast
Bridge
they're,
used
to
all
that
terminology,
but
they're
not
used
to
in
class
they're
not
used
to
so
can
we
get
like
a
and
I
know
the
board
had
a
work
session
early
on
that
kind
of
I?
Think
there
were
columns
and
you
showed
what
was
and
what
is
so.
Can
somebody
just
give
a
brief
overview
just
for
the
sake
of
parents
who
are
listening
and
they're
trying
to
understand.
G
Thank
you
for
the
question
Madam
president.
So
we
did
move
to
what's
called
M
Class
through
a
vendor
called
amplify,
but
the
actual
measure
is
called
dibble's
eighth
edition.
It's
been
around
forever,
not
unlike
fast
Bridge,
it's
and
I'm
going
to
use
a
few
terms
and
I'll
Define
them.
It's
it.
It
serves
as
a
curriculum-based
measure.
These
are
small,
discrete
skills.
Things
like
letter
sounds
oral
reading
fluency
in
one
minute.
These
are
research-based
measures
very
similar
to
fast
bridge.
G
A
G
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Yeah
I
read
that
question
I
believe
it
was
from
Member
lessons,
Madam
President.
We
are
using
testing
teams,
and
so
individual
teachers
are
not
doing
the
Benchmark
screeners,
and
so
we
have
folks
that
are
highly
trained
that
go
from
school
to
school,
along
with
a
couple
of
folks
that
were
training
in
the
schools
to
build
capacity.
So
the
methodology
is
really
the
same.
Okay.
G
I'll
take
that
one
too
yeah,
so
the
the
actual
individual
measures
are
the
same
throughout
the
year.
However,
depending
on
how
a
student
does
in
the
fall
or
the
winter
there's
something
called
a
gating
rule,
all
that
is
is
a
fancy
term.
That
says,
if
I'm
doing,
if
I'm
really
struggling
I
might
stop
the
assessment,
because
it
would
not
provide
useful
information
to
keep
going
on
a
more
specific
measure
or
in
another
case,
a
student's
doing
quite
well.
G
D
G
G
G
As
an
example,
M
class
starts
at
slightly
lower
level
skills
to
provide
access
to
some
kids
who
might
be
considered
struggling
because
it
provides
us
a
little
bit
more
nuanced
detail
in
our
Diagnostics
and
finding
out
better
information
on
where
their
gaps
are,
and
so
in
essence,
the
psychometricians
do
suggest
that
we
do
not
compare
them
from
one
from
one
to
the
other.
It's
not
totally
reliable
to
do
that.
A
This
chart
always
tells
me
the
same
message
that
we
are
doing
well
with
some
kids,
some
groups
and
we're
not
doing
well
with
others
and
I.
Don't
think
I
know
what
that
means.
But
what,
when
it,
when
schools
look
at
their
data,
what
what
is
it
that
they're
looking
at
to
to
just
to
try?
What
I'm
trying
to
say
is
how
do
they
interpret
the
data
to
to
try
to
get
kids
moving
forward.
G
Absolutely
I'll
I'll
start
and
we
can
pass
it
off
number
one
I
just
think
it's
really
important
to
have
perspective
and
and
when
we
look
come
to
a
data
meeting
or
next
year
during
our
plcs.
When
we're
looking
at
student
data,
it's
really
important
to
get
a
well-rounded
picture.
First
of
all,
we
never
make
decisions
based
on
one
point
of
data,
and-
and
so
that's
just
tremendously
important,
and
so
with
that
said,
though,
what
what
teams
are
going
to
do
is
when
they
see
again.
G
These
are
indicators
of
risk,
so
when
they
they
drill
down
to
the
individual
student
level,
and
then
they
will
look
at
further
measures.
Things
like
a
phonic
screener
or
they
might
look
at
attendance
or
they
might
look
at
discipline
information
and
they
try
to
create
a
well-rounded
picture
for
each
student
so
that
we're
addressing
their
specific
needs-
and
you
know,
with
the
new
curriculum
adoption
some
new
interventions,
I'm
very
hopeful-
that
we
are
going
to
have
better,
even
better
tools
to
really
diagnostically
assess
individual
kids
to
meet
their
needs.
B
What
I
could
add
to
that
is
that's.
We
have
a
current
mtss
framework
for
redeveloping
it
so
that
it
aligns
to
the
Alaska
reads:
act,
part
of
that
will
come
the
individual
reading
Improvement
plan
that
will
align
to
what
we
had
within
our
mtss
framework,
the
tip
the
targeted
intervention
forms.
Those
are
overlapping.
B
The
data
will
be
inserted,
but
in
there
and
multiple
measures
of
data
will
be
included
in
that
document,
but
then
how
we
monitor
kids
in
terms
of
what
interventions
they
need,
monitoring
their
interventions
through
progress,
monitoring
and
then
making
decisions
within
a
few
weeks
to
determine.
Do
we
continue
with
the
interventions
or
do
we
change
the
intervention
so
that
we're
constantly
monitoring
each
student's
data
piece
to
make
sure
that
Improvement
is
happening?
B
In
the
future,
optimistic
okay,
yes,
I
feel
very
optimistic
that
it'll
look
different
we're.
We
are
now
going
to
start
using
m-class
interventions
and
boost,
and
it
kind
of
has-
and
you
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
Chris,
but
it
kind
of
has
like
an
artificial
intelligence
where
it
really
when
the
student
takes
a
diagnostic,
it
really
outlines
what
that
student
needs,
and
then
it
puts
them
on
a
path
of
intervention
for
them
so
that
they
can
work
on
what
they
need
as
they
go
through
the
program.
I
J
You
know
for
the
2022-23
which,
if
you
carried
that
out
from
where
we
were
in
2122,
that's
no
improvement,
because
that
was
at
38,
but
by
adopting
this
new
way
of
measuring
it.
If
you
go
to
page
eight
now,
all
of
a
sudden
it
seems
to
have
jumped
to
57
proficiency.
That's
like
a
20
percent
jump
in
the
assessment,
just
because
we're
using
using
a
different
new
system
to
do
the
assessment.
J
G
K
K
A
G
Had
the
same
skepticism,
what
I
would
say,
though,
is
when
I
spoke
with
the
psychometricians
at
with
dibble's
eight.
They
had
skepticism
about
the
other
assessment,
and
so
it's
it's.
That's
part
of
that
conversation
speaking
with
both
fast
Bridge
folks,
as
well
as
the
folks
at
dibble's
eight.
They
are
both
highly
researched.
G
You
know
tools,
they
have
slight
variations
on
how
they
assess,
but
some
of
them
the
the
the
the
measures
themselves
are
relatively
similar.
You
know,
I
I
cannot
actually
com
comment
on
the
specificity
of
why
that
Gap
is
there,
but
I've
asked
those
exact
same
questions
and
really
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
watch
that
over
time
and
and
go
through
our
process
with
mtss,
but
I.
G
Think
it's
a
very
valid
question
and
even
the
folks
with
the
phds
could
not
rationally
explain
what
that
difference
might
be
and,
and
both
of
them
suggested
a
little
skepticism
in
each
each
other's
program.
If
you
will,
and
so
in
the
end,
the
the
goal,
though,
will
not
change,
we
will
follow
that
mtss
structure.
We're
going
to
look
at
the
very
specific
diagnostics
for
each
individual,
provide
those
interventions
on
those
gaps
and
then
watch
data
over
time.
G
What
I
will
say
is
just
like
when
you
adopt
anything
new
I
would
expect
over
the
next
a
couple
of
iterations
that
there
might
be
some
variability
just
like
when
you
adopt
a
new
curriculum
or
you're
learning
the
new
sport.
There
will
be
some
variability
that
we're
going
to
have
to
work
through
and
so
we're
addressing
that
along
the
ways.
But
it's
a
reasonable
question.
J
J
G
I'll
start
on
that
one,
thank
you
for
your
question
and
other
folks
can
jump
in.
But
when
you
look
at
research
between
response
to
intervention,
RTI
and
mtss,
we
we
use
something.
You'll
see
a
triangle,
and
eighty
percent
is
what
we
would
typically
shoot
for
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
students
in
core
instruction,
regardless
of
the
program
or
application
that
we're
using
and
so
that
that's
a
very
standard,
research-based
figure
used
in
educational
decision
making,
regardless
of
which
program.
It
is
what
I
would
say
is
over
time.
G
A
M
So,
thank
you
for
the
question
to
the
board.
Through
the
Alaska
reads:
act
requirements
as
well
as
through
m-class,
which
is
part
of
the
Alaska,
reads:
act
requirements.
There
is
an
expectation
of
quite
a
bit
of
parent
communication
to
understand
one
how
to
interpret
the
results.
What
the
testing
is
as
well
as
we
are
required
and
will
be
providing
families
with
home
support.
M
So
what
it
is
you
can
do
at
home
what
families
can
do
and
the
home
support
that
we
will
be
providing
will
be
targeted
to
the
skill
gaps
that
the
students
have.
So,
instead
of
just
saying
do
this
with
all
kids,
the
student
already
knows,
let's
say
their
letters.
We
wouldn't
be
having
a
parent
practice.
Letters
with
the
kids
we'd
be
moving
on
to
the
next
step
within
the
reading.
B
Yes,
follow
up
if
I
can
add
to
that,
of
course,
the
how
we're
going
to
communicate.
Not
only
this
portion,
but
all
that's
going
to
come
up
in
the
next
year
is
part
of
our
project.
Management
plan
is
as
well,
and
it's
right
now
number
one
in
our
agenda,
so
we
met
today.
We
didn't
get
to
that
part
of
it,
but
we're
going
to
meet
again
this
week
and
we're
rolling
out
a
plan
and
working
with
Communications
to
make
sure
we
have
a
strong
rollout.
C
H
G
And
I
could
just
comment
really
quickly
to
wrap
that
up.
It
will
be
posted
in
parent
Q
they're,
going
to
receive
electronic
information,
we're
going
to
send
home
paper
copies
and
we're
going
to
have
it
available
during
conferences.
So
we've
already
had
that
conversation
kind
of
thinking
about
Equitable
access
to
that
information
and
how
to
support
your
kids.
M
A
N
Thank
you,
I
I,
appreciate
the
comments
and
regards
to
the
drastic
changes
in
scores
and
I,
find
that
interesting
and
and
but
I
look
at
it
from
a
third
angle.
One
is
trying
to
explain
whether
it's
valid,
whether
isn't
valid,
but
whether
it
goes
up
or
whether
it
goes
down
whether
it
goes
flat.
You
kind
of
want
to
know
why.
N
I
appreciate
that
too,
but
I
I,
just
when
we
see
results
going
up
and
down
I'm
more
focused
on
what
are
we
doing
different
or
what
should
we
have
done
differently
and,
and
so
that's
kind
of
a
it's
really
got
me
thinking.
What
could
we
have
done
if
it's
true,
if
the
results
are
valid?
What's
the
speculation
on
why.
G
This
was
the
very
first
time
that
it
was
implemented
and,
and
so
as
we
look
at
this
data
over
time,
I
I
believe
we're
going
to
see
indicators
that
are
going
to
be
really
useful
in
in
determining
whether
our
instruction
and
our
interventions
are
moving
Us
in
the
right
direction
to
speculate
exactly
why
that
occurred.
I'm,
sorry
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
that.
D
D
And
a
follow-up
I
think
the
president
have
We
examined
or
I
guess.
Maybe
our
our
partners
with
this
contractor
relay
that
other
districts
are
seeing
similar
jumps,
but
I'm
certainly
glad
that
the
indicators
are
moving
in
the
positive
direction
and
because
we
didn't
choose
the
screener
I
think
there's
some
Fidelity
there
or
at
least
markers
of
fidelity
but
curious.
If,
if
we've
looked
at
what
other
districts
are
seeing.
G
It's
typically
what
they
see
I
mean
is
that
they're
oftentimes,
even
small
drops,
and
so
there
are
some
indicators
that
that
something
is
going
going
well,
but
it
is
a
change
in
in
the
actual
measurement
and
so
again,
just
like
I
wouldn't
read
in
One
Direction
I'm
not
going
to
read
too
much
into
the
other
direction.
It's
really
about
creating
validity
over
time
and
really
ensuring
that
we're
calibrated
and
then
again
going
back
to
that
conversation
about
mtss
and
the
individual
kids.
M
I
would
say
in
terms
of
the
other
school
districts,
not
most
of
the
other
school
districts
did
not
pilot
this
spring,
so
they
did
all
scale
Pilots
up
until
now,
with
individual
schools
or
individual
classrooms.
We
were
one
of
the
few
districts
that
did
a
full-scale
pilot
to
bring
everybody
on
or
first
to
bring
it
on
to
everybody.
Most
of
the
schools
will
be
going
in
next
year
as
in
the
fall
as
their
first
time
doing
it
with
everybody
in
their
school
district.
We.
H
D
Person
I
have
another
follow-up.
Oh
I'm,
sorry
go
away!
Thank
you.
So
this
is
actually
dovetailing
with
something
member
Wilson
said
earlier.
I
I
think
it's
exciting
that
we're
we're
having
communication
directly
with
parents
related
to
this
data
that
we're
going
to
be
getting.
This
is
the
first
time
we've
had
something
like
this
or
has
that
data
existed
elsewhere
previously.
G
A
And
if
you're
in
summer
school
you're
gonna
get
it
every
week.
That's
all
I'm
saying
there
was
one
more
question
on
member
lessons
list
and
it
had
to
do
with
fluency.
I
can't
quite
find
it,
but
it's
something
about
the
importance
of
fluency
and
and
the
difference
between
m-class
and
fast
bridge
and
fluency.
G
So
yeah
we
we
looked
at
that
so
I
think
what
she's
referring
to
is
many
of
the
measures
have
the
term
fluency
in
it
so
letter
sound
fluency
and
really
it's
just
a
reference
to
automaticity,
and
so
there
is
also
a
measure.
That's
in
in
all
of
these
different
metrics
called
oral
reading
fluency
and
that's
where
you're
actually
listening
to
a
kid's
rate
and
accuracy,
and
so,
but
in
in
m-class.
Fluency
is
used
with
many
measures
and
really
it's
a
reference
to
automaticity.
D
Yeah,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
think
we
transitioned
at
some
point
into
house,
like
we
usually
do
so
before
we
move
on
to
our
other
report.
I
wanted
to
ask
one
last
item:
I'm
hopeful.
This
is
an
exciting
question,
but
anything
about
vision
would
be
helpful
as
both
ASD
and
then
message.
School
District
move
towards
implementation
of
additional
learning
opportunities
in
the
continuing
education
for
our
teachers
through
the
PLC
model.
H
H
A
All
right,
so
this
this
conversation
is
focused
on
our
math
proficiency
goal
and
it's
specific
to
interim
gold
2.1
the
percentage
of
grades,
nine
through
twelve
I'm.
Sorry,
not
three
through
nine
students
at
or
above
the
math
benchmark
on
interim
adaptive,
assessments
which
map
growth
will
increase
from
52
percent
in
the
spring
of
2022
to
60
in
the
spring
of
2023.,
all
right.
So
how
we
doing.
A
Who
wants
to
tell
us
how
we
do
it?
This
is
the
spring
of
2023,
yes,
so
to
start
I,
I
joke
well,
I,
I'm,
being
facetious,
but
I'm,
serious,
okay.
One
of
remember
lessons
noted
I.
Think
as
all
school
board.
Members
noted
that
there's
some
small
wins
in
the
report,
and
this
is
it
especially
in
the
math
report.
So
can
you
speak
to
those
wins
and
you
know
and
give
us
your
best
estimate
as
to
how
we
can
duplicate
them
or
replicate
them
or
I?
O
Sure
I'll
take
a
step
at
a
couple
of
the
the
wins
that
member
lessons
shared.
Looking
specifically
at
the
fact
that
we
are
on
an
upward
trajectory
with
our
goal,
though
we
are
have
not
met
the
Target
and
are
in
fact
below
the
target
of
the
60
that
we
had
set
for
ourselves.
We
are
on
that
upper
trajectory
that
we
that's
for
gold
2.1.
O
We
did
solidly
exceed
our
goal
for
2.3
if
I'm
moving
a
little
ahead
there
and
then
I'm,
looking
at
some
of
the
specific
groups
that
ell
and
special
education
students
having
a
little
bit
more
rate
of
growth
than
their
peers
to
help
close
the
gaps,
which
is
definitely
part
of
that
work
that
we
want
to
see
continuing
moving
forward.
As
we
were
mentioning
those
PLC
models,
particularly
that'll,
anticipate
being
a
major
focus
of
several
of
those
groups.
A
D
And
a
person
that
can
jump
connection
right
sure
yeah
go
ahead,
so
something
that
I
noted
I
think
is
the
the
difference
in
trajectory
between
our
sixth
graders
in
elementary
and
secondary
I'm
curious
what
the
leadership
team's
thoughts
are
on
that
data,
specifically
as
it
intersects
with
our
transition
from
sixth
graders
to
middle
school.
Thank
you
good
question.
J
G
Is
a
good
question:
it
initially
jumps
out
at
you,
but
one
thing:
I
just
want
to
caution
on
is
right.
Now
we
don't
have
sixth
grade
across
the
board
and
so
when
you're,
comparing
Elementary
to
secondary
you're,
looking
at
only
three
schools
currently,
so
it
does
not
fully
consider
the
entire
Anchorage
demographic,
and
so
it's
a
it's
a
really
tough
comparison.
Right
now
we
have
Clark
baggage
and
Mirror
Lake
that
have
those
in
there,
and
so
it's
not
apples
to
oranges
so
to
speak.
G
Yeah,
so
so
the
sixth
graders
in
elementary
school
is
the
entire
Anchorage
School
District,
and
so
it's
it's
really
difficult
to
compare
a
couple
of
schools
to
an
entire
school
district
and
once
the
transition
occurs,
then
we're
going
to
see
a
much
more
reliable
picture.
So
it
would
be
hard
to
speculate.
I
guess
is
my
point.
Yeah.
H
If
I
could
add,
it
was
also,
if
you
look
at
kind
of
like
demographics,
it's
hard
to
do
that
as
well
with
the
kids
that
we
have
in
middle
school
right
now
in
sixth
grade
compared
to
in
elementary
schools.
We,
it
would
be
good
to
be
able
to
have
a
like
comparison
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
we
just
don't
have
that.
D
Yep,
just
a
quick
follow-up,
I
guess
to
that
and
do
we
are
we
thinking
through
and
is
part
of
the
transition
from
for
sixth
graders
to
Middle
School
across
the
municipality,
additional
training
for
educators?
Are
we
taking
what's
going
right
at
the
elementary
level
and
seeing
if
there's
things
we
can
apply
to
Middle
School?
D
O
L
A
G
Sure
I
I
think
I
understood
it.
I
think
she's
talking
about
the
decrease
from
the
fall
to
the
spring
is
how
I
read
that?
Yes,
you
know
one
one
thing
that
occurred
in
the
spring
is
this
was
the
first
time
that
map,
which
is
where
this
data
comes
from
map
growth,
was
integrated
with
aksar
summative,
and
so
we
had
a
large
number
of
opt-outs
that
definitely
impacted
our
percentage
tested.
G
A
Okay,
I'll
go
back
to
member
lessons
list.
Okay,
she
on
slides
now
and
some
of
this
granted.
We
will
be
talking
about
at
our
Retreat,
which
is
coming
up,
but
she
says
in
slide
six
through
nine,
do
we
need
more
aggressive
and
or
more
specific
interim
ketchup
growth
goals?
Now,
that's
not
I
know
you
guys
can't
tell
us
that
that's
the
board,
that's
beside
that.
But
what
is
your?
What
is
your
thought
behind
the
question.
G
So
I'm
just
going
to
take
a
quick
stab
at
this
one
thing.
I
think
that's
really
critically
important
to
remember
is
that
map
growth
is
a
nationally
normed.
Referenced
assessment
means
it's
a
bell
curve
right,
and
so,
when
we
look
look
at
our
data,
it's
a
it's
in
relation
to
every
student
around
the
nation
that
participates
in
map
growth,
and
so
when
you
see
something
like
the
40th
percentile,
it's
on
a
normed
curve.
G
That
means
that
nationally
and
typically,
sixty
percent
of
students
should
be
above
the
40th,
percentile
and
40
should
be
below
the
40th
percentile.
If
you
are
typical
and
and
large
and
have
a
well-rounded
demographic,
and
so
what
I
would
just
urge
urge
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
considering
that
in
when
we
develop
goals
to
say,
for
example,
at
the
80th
percentile.
If
we
said
eight,
we
want
eighty
percent
of
our
students
to
be
at
the.
G
You
know
right
at
the
80th
percentile
that
doesn't
really
make
sense,
because,
typically,
you
would
have
20
percent
at
the
80th
percentile
and
above
and
so
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
detail
with
that.
But
this
is
a
nationally
Norm
referenced
assessment,
it's
very
different
than
the
AK
star,
which
is
grade
level
standards
and
different
than
M
class,
which
are
these
discrete
skills.
G
What
I
would
say
is
you
know
as
we're
working
in
CCL
and
we're
starting
to
think
about
goals?
What
what
do
we
really
want?
We
want
our
kids
to
have
opportunity
to
be
able
to
compete.
To
think
about.
Can
they
compete
with
other
kids
in
Alaska?
Can
they
compete
with
other
students
around
this
nation
and
so
that
map
type
of
normative
data
is
a
really
good
tool
for
us
to
measure
against?
As
long
as
we
have
a
solid
understanding
of
what
that
means
in
terms
of
percentiles.
A
Okay,
so
I
again
pay
Slide,
Five
and
I
I
mean
we
talked
about.
I
mean
one
of
the
questions.
I
shared
with
member
lessons
had
to
do
with
economically
disadvantaged
kids
and
whether
or
not
we
need
to
do
something
more
aggressive,
so
I
don't
know
what
I
do
we
need
to
put
more?
What
do
we
need
to
what?
What
do
you
think
we
need
to
do?
We
need
to
put
more
money
more
Staffing,
more.
G
I
can
comment
just
really
briefly
on
it.
One
thing
I
just
want
to
point
out
is
that
when,
when
we
looked
at
a
ketchup
growth-
and
we
look
at
economically
disadvantaged,
we're
close
to
30
percent
right-
that's
at
the
75th
percentile,
so
going
back
to
that
idea
of
Norm
reference
that
we
would
expect
25
if
it
was
typical
to
meet
that
standard
at
the
75th.
G
So
we
are
five
percent
above
that,
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
celebrating
the
small
small
wins
they
may
not
move
proficiency
levels,
but
we
are
above
by
five
percent,
which
is
relatively
significant
of
kids,
making
ketchup
growth
that
are
economically
disadvantaged
and
so
I
just
want
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
sort
of
a
frame
of
reference
there.
That's.
A
O
A
L
F
A
A
As
you
entered
the
boardroom,
there
is
a
blue
and
white
sheet
that
pretty
much
goes
over
our
audience
participation
and
the
rules
of
the
boardroom,
but
this
is
the
first
opportunity
of
the
evening
for
public
comment.
We
have
set
aside
one
hour
at
the
beginning
of
our
meeting.
Excuse
me
for
public
comment.
Any
comments
in
excess
of
an
hour.
A
A
The
school
board
welcomes
the
public
to
observe
and
contribute
to
our
meetings
to
their
comments,
however,
to
be
productive,
our
meetings
must
be
structured
and
civil
ASD
conducts
public
meetings
under
Robert's
Rules
of
Order
a
set
of
rules
for
orderly
meetings
that
have
been
used
since
the
1800s.
These
rules
require
the
board
and
the
public
to
be
civil
and
respectful
of
each
other's
opinions
and
statements.
A
If
you
have
the
blue
sheet
in
front
of
you,
you
can
kind
of
look
at
a
couple
of
the
rules
that
are
there
do
not
attack
members
or
speaker's
motive.
Speakers
May
point
out
what
he
or
she
believes
to
be
a
natural
consequence
of
abort
of
a
board
action
but
may
not
engage
in
speech
that
personally
attack.
Others,
please
refrain
from
disturbing
the
meeting,
and
that
amounts
to
no
cheering
Applause
or
Outburst.
I
have
to
be
redirected,
because
I
forget
that
sometimes
attendees
will
not
be
permitted
to
interrupt
the
business
of
the
board.
A
No
profanity
or
foul
language
there's
no
place
for
that
in
our
boardroom
or
in
our
process,
no
waving
of
signs,
flyers
or
posters.
If
you
would
like
to
share
a
handout,
though
you
can
give
it
to
miss
Foster
and
she
will
share
it
with
make
sure
every
board
member
get
will
get
a
copy
as
president
of
the
board.
A
A
P
Good
thanks
hello,
my
name
is
Constance
quinley
I'm,
an
Anchorage
resident
My
Two
children
are
now
33
and
36
and
in
fact
Mrs
Bellamy
supervised
them
at
Windler
middle
school
and
they
they
did.
Okay,
they're
contributing
members
of
society
went
through
their
their
whole
education
here,
but
I'm
not
here
tonight
to
talk
about
them.
I'm
here
to
talk
about
me,
I'm
64.
I
grew
up
and
attended
School
in
Orange
County
California
in
seventh
grade
I
checked
out
from
my
public
school
library.
A
book
by
John
Griffin
called
lack.
P
P
These
books,
which
are
banned
in
many
public
schools
across
the
country,
changed
me
at
a
critical
time.
In
my
development
they
gave
me
a
deep
dive
into
a
world
of
Injustice
that
I
knew
only
nominally
as
a
white
13
year
old
girl
living
in
conservative
white
Suburbia,
Orange
County
California
I
needed
those
books,
I'm
so
grateful
they
were
there.
They
were
in
the
stacks
of
my
middle
school
library,
where
I
could
check
them
out
without
question.
P
P
When
you
hear
concerns
from
parents
that
certain
books
shouldn't
be
in
school,
libraries
I
hope
you'll,
not
only
let
the
controversial
issues
committee
do
its
job,
but
I
hope
you
remember
that
books
can
not
only
affirm
who
we
are,
but
I'll
also
help
us
understand
who
others
are,
as
those
books
did
for
me.
Thank
you
for
serving
on
the
school
board
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
B
K
Hello
I
am
hogyana,
I
have
been
on
the
advisory
committee
for
two
years
and
I
wrote
this
resolution
titled
indigenous
languages
at
ASD,
I
know
Zoella
may
have
come
in
April
to
speak
on
that
behalf,
and
it
is
dated
in
November
2022.,
even
though
I
am
the
backbone
of
this
resolution.
I
do
not
speak
on
my
behalf.
I
speak
for
the
entire
Community,
as
already
shown
by
the
statistics
that
you're
just
going
over
culture
and
language
will
increase
that
statistic
positively,
and
this
resolution
has
been
seen
by
patola.
K
K
I
I
am
here
today
to
hold
this
resolution
accountable,
and
this
board
accountable
for
this
I
am
not
going
anywhere
since
November
2022
I
have
seen
no
action
from
the
Anchorage
School
District
board.
Children
have
been
taken
out
of
their
classrooms
for
years
for
tutoring,
special,
special
education
or
other
required
activities.
K
Allowing
a
child
to
learn
the
language
of
this
land
is
undeniably
the
best
education
you
can
provide.
You
can
choose
to
be
a
leader
in
this
nationally
in
this
endeavor
or
you
can
choose
otherwise.
I
made
this
resolution.
Easy
I
only
had
four
asks
there
could
have
been
16
more
asks,
I
guess
those
are
for
another
time
they
asked
where
the
student
needs
a
space
to
learn.
The
student
needs
inner
accessible
internet
accessibility.
K
K
A
A
Q
Q
Thank
you,
president
Bellamy
board
members
I
want
to
read
from
a
recent
article
in
the
New
York
Times.
The
subject
is
how
focusing
on
reading
lifts
all
students,
regardless
of
race
and
poverty
level.
The
article
is
titled
quote:
Mississippi
is
offering
lessons
for
America
on
education
by
Nicholas.
Kristoff
quote
the
refrain
across
much
of
the
Deep
South
for
decades
was
thank
God
for
Mississippi.
End
quote:
that's
because
other
Southern
Southern
States
believed
that
no
matter
how
bad
their
education
systems
were,
Mississippi
would
always
be
at
the
bottom.
Q
Mississippi
knew
this
and
decided
to
take
control
of
its
educational
system.
In
the
last
10
years,
all
its
energy
has
been
placed
into
getting
all
children
to
read
at
the
third
grade
level
by
the
end
of
third
grade
on
the
nape
test.
Mississippi
is
soaring
in
national
rankings.
Now
was
this
accomplished
by
lower
classroom
sizes
by
social
promotion.
None
of
that
Mississippi
had
a
lot
to
overcome
much
more
than
Alaska
Mississippi
ranks
dead
last
in
child
poverty
and
second
highest
in
teen
births.
It
was
near
the
bottom
of
the
nape
test
as
well.
Q
According
to
David
Deming,
a
Harvard
Economist
Mississippi
hasn't
overcome
poverty
or
racism,
but
it
still
manages
to
get
kids
to
read
and
Excel
poverty.
Isn't
the
reason
kids
can't
learn.
Mississippi
proves
that
poor
kids
can
learn.
The
author
says
quote
it's
thrilling
to
see
the
excitement
and
pride
bubbling
in
the
halls
in
Black
schools
in
some
of
the
nation's
poorest
communities.
End
quote
one
of
the
most
important
elements
of
the
program
in
third
grade
reading
test.
If
a
child
does
not
pass
this
test,
he
has
held
back
no
social
promotion.
Would
this
stigmatize
children?
No?
Q
It
actually
put
accountability
in
the
program.
Everyone,
parents,
teachers
and
kids
were
energized
and
about
nine
percent
of
third
graders
fail
the
test
in
their
third
grade
and
third
and
final
attempt.
Here's
a
very
interesting
part.
Those
held
back
did
not
have
any
negative
outcomes.
In
fact,
they
did
much
better.
Several
years
later,
on
the
sixth
grade
English
test
compared
with
those
who
had
just
missed
being
held
back,
the
state
did
not
reduce
class
sizes.
Q
Instead,
it
spent
the
money
on
teacher,
coaching
and
tutoring.
So,
regardless
of
race,
ethnic
group
and
income
level,
Mississippi
has
shown
the
nation
that
all
kids
can
learn:
let's
not
focus
on
diversity,
Equity,
sexual
orientation
and
restorative
justice.
Instead,
let's
focus
on
teaching
kids
how
to
read,
at
least
by
the
fourth
grade.
The
Alaska
reads:
act
has
given
us
the
tools.
Now,
let's
get
it
done.
This
is
your
core
business
and
thank
God
for
Mississippi.
It
has
shown
us
the
way
and
I
have
heard
copies
of
the
article.
B
R
Name
is
Corey
East,
president
of
the
Anchorage
Education
Association.
While
aea
supports
the
decision
memo
156
in
the
in
the
agenda,
while
AAA
supports
decision
to
allocate
an
additional
six
million
dollars
to
the
ASD
Health
Plan,
rather
than
pass
along
the
three
thousand
dollar
cost
to
each
participant.
Your
Educators
would
greatly
appreciate
a
thorough
and
thoughtful
discussion
regarding
the
significant
expenditure.
It
would
be
beneficial
to
give
this
topic
the
same
deliberation
and
attention
typically
dedicated
to
constructing
new
schools,
closing
schools,
reducing
programs
or
adjusting
the
pupil
to
teacher
ratio.
R
Please
ensure
the
same
level
of
transparency
you
claim
to
follow
in
your
board
meeting
opening
statement.
Asd
faces
a
significant
budgetary
hurdle
as
it
grapples
with
a
forecast
that
falls
short
by
over
25
million
dollars
next
year.
Unfortunately,
the
shortfall
directly
impacts
the
retention
and
recruitment
of
our
Educators,
as
these
funds
are
now
unavailable
compounding
the
challenge.
Asd
has
witnessed
the
departure
of
over
1
000
Educators
within
the
past
three
years.
A
third
of
our
staff
has
res
resigned
from
the
Anchorage
School
District.
R
R
R
I
do
not
see
one
representative
present
from
the
unions
that
will
benefit
from
The
Six
Million
Dollar
infusion,
but
aea
is
here
and
on
behalf
of
our
three
thousand
teachers,
Specialists
nurses,
counselors
and
related
Services
providers,
who
unfortunately,
will
not
receive
any
financial
assistance
from
the
supplemental
supplement
towards
their
health
care
expense.
The
three
thousand
members
of
the
Anchorage
Education
Association
acknowledge
the
significant
contributions
of
our
educational
support
personnel,
which
include
all
of
our
totem
employees,
our
bpos,
our
Ace
employees,
food
nutritionists,
construction
and
maintenance
staff,
bus
drivers
and
the
executive
staff.
R
S
Here
we
go
so
thank
you
for
having
me
speak.
I'm
Rosalind,
the
president
of
the
Alaska
Coalition
of
bypoc
Educators,
it
is
Juneteenth,
is
a
day
of
Celebration
and
freedom.
It
was
a
call
for
the
end
of
slavery
in
the
United
States.
It
is
referred
to
as
the
emancipation
day.
Freedom
Day
and
Jubilee
Day.
It
just
became
a
Federal
holiday
in
June
of
2021,
signed
by
President
Biden
with
bipartisan
support.
This
is
158
years
after
the
original
Emancipation
Proclamation
by
President
Abraham
Lincoln
in
January
of
1863
I.
S
Don't
think
a
lot
of
people
realize
it
wasn't
until
two
years
later
that
we
were
actually
freed
by
some
2000
Union
troops
that
arrived
in
Galveston
Bay
Texas
to
announce
enslaved
black
people
in
that
state
were
free
by
an
executive
decree.
I
am
here
today
to
say
thank
you
to
the
ASD
School
Board
in
the
district
for
its
commitment
to
being
culturally
responsive.
They
added
you
to
add
this
to
our
calendar
is
extremely
important
and
again
I
would
like
to
say.
Thank
you.
S
I
am
honored
that
you
are
acknowledging
the
celebration
of
our
freedom
in
the
black
community,
especially
here
in
Anchorage
following
along
like
tonight,
the
assembly
gave
us
the
resolution
for
Juneteenth
and
I
was
honored
to
be
there
and
get
here
as
fast
as
I.
Could
it
is
important
that
you
are
trying
to
be
a
representative
and
respectful
of
the
diversity
that
is
in
the
city
of
Anchorage
that
are
in
your
black
students
here
for
Anchorage
School
District
School
Board
also
put
in
place
guardrails
as
part
of
their
strategic
plan.
S
These
were
based
on
our
community
values
of
Anchorage
values.
One
of
those
is
that
the
superintendent
will
not
operate
without
a
plan
to
develop
a
diverse
or
culturally
responsive
Workforce.
How
do
we
get
there
more
Educators
and
people
of
color
as
Educators
and
leaders
in
this
District?
More
representation
of
our
community
Anchorage
minorities
are
the
majority,
with
almost
60
percent
of
our
students
being
non-white.
This
board
is
asking
the
superintendent
to
raise
the
percentage
to
of
underrepresented
applicants
for
permanent
positions.
S
They
are
also
requiring
a
hundred
percent
of
ASD
School
Board
staff
will
participate
in
ASD,
culturally,
responsive
training
by
Spring
2024
and
this
matters
to
all
of
our
community.
So
thank
you
for
that
as
well.
I
hope
that
you
are
able
to
join
us
in
the
celebrations
that
are
coming
up
on
the
17th
and
18th
down
in
the
Delaney
park
strip
and
on
the
19th
theological,
Black
Caucus
celebration
at
the
denina
convention
center
and
the
NAACP
closing
ceremonies
at.
A
A
A
E
A
J
Well,
initially,
I
I'm
concerned
that
the
way
the
substitute
proposal
reads
isn't
accurate.
The
administration
had
proposed
the
original
and
then
some
board
members
requested.
It
it'd
be
modified
to
this
reflection
to
add
to
increase
the
amount,
that's
being
proposed
to
be
spent
from
around
19
million
to
45
million
dollars.
But
the
S
resolution
still
says:
the
administration
recommends
that
the
school
board
approve
and
authorize
the
allocation.
L
A
A
D
A
D
D
J
A
Yeah
I
I
guess
it's
going
to
come
down
to
the
chairs
a
ruling
and
I
I
think
we
can
move
forward
with
public
testimony
on
one
five
one:
the
S
version
of
one
five
one
was
attached
to
the
agenda
so
and
it
exists
because
there
was
because
we
talked
about
it
at
our
last
meeting.
You're
right,
we
haven't
voted
on
it,
but
we
will
vote
on
it
tonight,
all
right.
So
with
that
we
have
several
people
that
are
signed
up
to
testify
on
151
Bonnie,
the
Armin.
U
Hello,
my
name
is
Bonnie
dearman
I've
stood
before
you
many
many
times
in
various
rules.
Today,
I
stand
before
you
as
a
the
new
head
of
the
library
at
Stellar
secondary
and
still
is
a
parent
at
Inland,
View
I'm,
here,
first
and
foremost
to
advocate
for
student
and
staff,
safety
and
equity
in
our
schools.
As
you
know,
Librarians
are
under
constant
attack
lately,
and
this
board
has
been
tremendously
supportive
on
this
front.
Passing
memorandum
151
would
go
a
long
way
in
putting
your
supportive
words
to
action.
U
Stellar
is
in
dire
need
of
security
upgrades.
We
are
a
small
school
without
a
security
staff,
a
door
buzzing
system
would
help
us
feel
much
much
safer
as
a
parent
at
Inlet
View
we're
constantly
on
high
alert
for
the
safety
of
our
children
as
well.
The
current
building
is
woefully
inadequate.
You
do
not
need
me
to
go
through
the
particulars
of
this,
because
you've
heard
it
from
us.
I
was
going
to
say
three
years
but
I
feel
like
it's
maybe
a
decade.
Now
our
little
school
often
feels
like
it's
suffocating.
U
Our
trees
were
cut
down.
There's
a
handful
of
vocal
neighbors,
regurgitating
misconstrued
facts,
you'll
hear
from
the
dilapidated
building
that
we
and
now
we're
losing
a
teaching
position.
The
only
IB
School
in
Alaska
has
fought
tooth
and
nail
to
achieve.
This
designation
teaching
units
of
inquiry
is
near
impossible
with
different
grade
levels
in
a
classroom
too
full
of
students.
U
U
V
V
I
am
a
little
taken
aback
by
the
single-mindedness
and
I
hope.
It's
not
too
derisive,
but
selfishness
of
my
friends
and
Neighbors
in
the
South
Edition,
who
have
lobbied
and
pushed
for
a
rebuild,
complete,
rebuild
a
brand
new
building
in
a
time
that
were
wildly
strapped
for
cash
rather
than
a
sensible,
financially
responsible,
15
to
10
million
dollars,
less
remodel,
I
think
the
sort
of
single-mindedness
and
selfishness
needs
to
be
reevaluated
and
and
I
wonder
why
we
as
a
school
board
in
a
school
system,
are
focusing
on
one
community
in
the
greater
Anchorage
area.
V
That's
amazing
and
it's
amazing
Community,
absolutely
but
there's
many
amazing
communities
that
all
deserve
support
and
all
deserve
funding
and
I'm
wondering
why
we
aren't
looking
at
turnagen
as
a
huge
success
story
as
a
as
a
state-of-the-art
remodel
that
saved
money
didn't
just
like.
Why
would
you?
Why
would
you
spend
more
money
when
you
didn't
have
to
and
I
and
I
do
wonder
why
we're
so
single-minded
and
why
we're
so
again,
sorry
to
be
derisive,
but
selfish
I
mean
these?
V
I
think
all
students
deserve
leak,
free,
roofs
and
pipes
that
work,
but
not
just
one
school
to
be
rebuilt
when
it
could
be
remodeled
and
I
guess.
Lastly,
the
good
news
about
you
know
the
example
of
turn.
Again.
Is
it's
currently
under
capacity,
so
any
of
the
students
of
Inlet
View
that
might
need
to
be
bussed
during
the
model
process
could
go
to
turn
again,
which
is
an
excellent
school
and
a
great
example.
V
W
Hey
good
good
evening,
Madam
speaker
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
My
name
is
Mike
Grunst
and
my
comments
are
my
own.
They
do
not
reflect
the
views
of
the
Department
of
Defense
U.S
army
or
their
National
Guard,
to
quote
the
great
Madeleine
Khan
as
Lily
Von
stoop
I'm,
tired
I
am
tired
of
Inlet
View
being
proposed
again
and
again
and
again
over
the
objections
of
the
community
at
Large.
W
W
Now
we're
about
to
go
into
a
situation
that
is
even
more
dire.
We
are
continuing
to
lose
students
to
the
lower
48
and
an
alarming
rate
was
it
about
3
800
to
5
000
last
year.
Additionally,
as
we
heard
earlier
this
evening,
we're
moving
to
a
middle
school
model
across
the
entire
District,
something
I
strongly
support.
W
As
we
move
forward
is
time
for
difficult
decisions.
We
can
either
waste
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
to
prop
up
a
decane
school
that
has
absolutely
amazing
programs,
110
percent.
Four.
We
can
identify
that
the
heart
of
the
school
is
in
the
students,
the
programs
and
the
faculty.
It
is
not
the
shell,
it
is
time
to
dispose
of
Inlet
View,
the
shell
of
Inlet
View.
We
need
to
get
those
amazing
programs,
as
amazing
students,
as
amazing
amazing
teachers
and
Educators,
and
support
staff
into
other
schools.
W
X
X
In
all
that
time,
nothing
in
the
view
has
fundamentally
changed
so
I
think
tonight.
I'll
address
two
issues:
dogging
this
project
that
I've
been
too
polite
to
call
out
so
far
NIMBY
and
the
remodel
versus
replacement
argument
NIMBY,
not
in
my
backyard,
so
specifically
appropriate
for
this
situation.
The
neighbors,
who
testified
tonight
against
an
Inlet
View
replacement,
have
no
educational
stake
in
this
project.
X
Only
imagined
negative
real
estate
stake,
their
kids
are
grown
and
they
were
sent
to
other
schools,
presumably
because
Inlet
View
is
not
good
enough
or
they
have
young
kids
who
I
do
not
believe
they
will
send
to
Inlet
View
because,
as
we
all
know,
it's
a
small
old
building
with
no
clear
Improvement
plan.
They
will
tell
you
at
this
meeting
that
the
design
is
flawed
and
that
they
did
not
have
enough
say
in
the
process.
They
are
not
school
designers.
They
are
not
Inlet
View
School
users.
X
X
X
Inlet
View
families
have
never
advocated
for
a
specific
solution
to
our
aging
building.
Asd
has
been
the
leader
and
we
have
followed
their
lead.
We
want
and
deserve
a
Better
Learning
environment
for
our
kids.
We
want
quality
equality
with
other
schools
in
the
district.
Asd
has
determined
that
a
replacement,
not
a
remodel,
will
get
us
there,
and
we
advocate
for
that.
I
appreciate
the
creative
budget,
thinking
that
got
a
large.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
A
Z
To
your
belly,
man,
members
of
the
board,
Zach
Fields
I,
live
in
South,
Edition
and
Inlet.
View
is
the
largest
Elementary
School
Zone
in
my
district
I
do
support
the
board
moving
forward
with
151
S
capital
funding
for
Inlet
View
Ursa,
Major
Stellar,
secondary
West,
High
and
numerous
other
roof
projects
across
the
district.
As
the
school
district
plans
to
address
a
mix
of
large
and
small
capital
projects,
the
combination
of
small
annual
bonds
and
state
Appropriations,
we
have
to
think
about
getting
these
projects
done
across
the
district.
Z
We
need
to
be
prepared
to
address
the
next
large
items
on
our
CIP
as
well:
Bartlett
Lake,
Otis,
East
and
roaming,
all
of
which
will
need
large
capital
investment.
The
capital
project
package
that
you're,
considering
the
substitute
version
primarily
uses
funds
appropriated
by
the
state
that
we
appropriated
last
year.
Z
Those
of
us
who
are
influential
in
the
budget
process
specifically
intended
that
you
fund
projects,
including
Inlet
View
and
all
the
other
projects
on
the
bond
that
had
previously
failed
the
bond
failed,
largely
because
we
as
a
state
had
not
met
Our
obligation
under
fulfilling
State
bond
school
bond
debt
reimbursement
and
adequate
major
maintenance
funding.
Fortunately,
we
restored
that
lost
funding
last
year
and
if
you
move
forward
with
the
S
version,
you
will
be
fulfilling
the
legislative
intent
of
people
who
shaped
and
voted
for
and
passed
that
budget.
Z
Z
You're
going
to
face
major
capital
projects
in
every
corner
of
the
city
and
I
would
say:
is
there
any
school
that
should
be
held
up
or
closed
because
four
people
nearby,
don't
like
it?
There's
not
a
single
School
in
our
city,
where
we
should
allow
a
vicious
group
of
nimbies
to
shut
down
that
school.
The
South
Edition
Community
Council
is
weighed
in
repeatedly
on
the
school.
The
overwhelming
majority
of
people
in
my
district
have
voted
for,
and
they've
elected
me
after
championing
the
school
relentlessly.
I
urge
you
to
move
forward
consistent
with
the
legislative
intent.
A
AA
I
believe
Sharon's
ill
okay
good
evening
my
name
is
Lois
Epstein
I'm,
a
licensed
civil
engineer
with
my
own
Consulting
business.
I
live
near,
but
not
adjacent
to
Inlet
View,
so
I
do
not
qualify
as
a
NIMBY.
I
strongly
oppose
spending
far
too
much
of
the
district's
money
on
a
school
rebuild,
as
in
151s,
when
there
was
a
very
viable,
much
cheaper
option,
a
school
remodel.
AA
The
latter
would
result
in
a
nearly
new
school
without
foundational,
structural
and
water
issues,
more
light
for
the
school
in
the
community
that
uses
the
grounds
and
would
not
worsen
neighborhood
traffic.
Those
who
have
raised
questions
about
the
proposed
School
rebuild,
like
myself,
have
been
bullied
by
our
house
member
and
told
to
keep
quiet.
We
have
raised
technical
objections
to
the
Project's
proposed
site,
which
would
increase
costs,
but
we
would,
we
were
told,
not
to
worry
without
ever
receiving
the
technical
documentation.
AA
We
requested
an
impending
piece
in
the
ADN
the
other
day
signed
by
representative
Fields,
Jake
Metcalf
and
multiple
others
who
are
affiliated
with
Inland
view,
enact
accurately
states
that
an
inland
view
remodel
is
more
expensive
than
a
rebuild.
A
remodel
actually
is
10
to
15
million
cheaper,
as
the
school
board
knows
from
previous
presentations
by
ASD
staff.
The
150
plus
community
members
who
support
an
Inlet
View
remodel,
have
been
ignored
from
the
start
by
the
school
district
by
the
school
board,
except
for
board
member
Donnelly
and
by
superintendent
Bryant.
AA
We
were
not
told
about
the
school's
planning
meetings,
a
violation
of
the
State
open
records
Act.
Only
community
members
with
connections
to
students
in
the
school
were
invited
when
neighbors
adjacent
to
the
school
raise
concerns
about
the
rebuild
design
in
Fall
2021
ASD
and
its
consultant
informed
them
that
it
was
too
late
to
change
the
design.
When
Inland
view
neighbors
asked
to
meet
with
the
superintendent
they
were
denied.
This
is
not
how
asd's
decisions
to
spend
Millions
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
are
supposed
to
occur.
AA
Today's
plan
to
shoehorn
the
controversial
26
million
dollars
for
Inlet
View
above
and
beyond
the
non-controversial,
19
million
for
capital
projects
is
appalling.
Inlet
View
would
receive
nearly
three
times
the
amount
to
the
second
highest
School
Ursa
Major,
the
ongoing
refusal
of
ASD
to
answer
our
reasonable
technical
questions
is
unconscionable.
The
proposed
Inlet,
you
rebuild
a
two-story
design
like
a
mini
High
School,
promoted
by
former
superintendent
Bishop,
has
moved
forward.
Only
By,
ignoring
many
of
its
closest
residents.
Asd
is
not
a
good
neighbor
for
those
of
us
who
support
public
education.
AA
I
include
myself
and
who
love
this
neighborhood
school
we
feel
betrayed
and
for
those
throughout
Anchorage
whose
schools
May
soon
be
closed
or
whose
children
may
lose
treasured,
extracurricular
or
enrichment
program.
The
26
million
dollar
decision
will
be
highly
damaging.
Please
do
not
vote
to
spend
26
million
dollars
in
151
s
to
rebuild
Inlet
View
and
vote
instead
to
develop
a
remodel
plan.
AA
Please
make
this
decision
on
Merit
not
surrendering
to
the
loudest
voices
for
those
on
the
school
board
who
are
up
for
election
in
2024
and
2025
know
that
we
won't
forget
your
vote
today.
Thank
you
for
listening
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
provide
input
into
this
important
decision.
Thank
you
very.
A
I
Thank
you
good
evening.
My
name
is
Kurt
hickelhoffer
I
live
on
14th
Avenue
about
two
blocks:
west
of
Inlet,
View
and
I've
talked
to
about
a
dozen
people
on
my
street
and
they
all
support
the
new
construction
of
Inlet
View.
So
I
am
a
support
of
ESD
memo
151s
in
general
and
in
the
construction
of
Inlet
View
in
particular,
the
student
population
exceeds
capacity.
There's
no
sprinkler
system
in
their
security
concerns
at
this
school.
I
It's
64
years
old,
I,
I'm,
68
and
I'm
about
ready
to
be
replaced
and
I
think
it's
time
the
school
does
too
I'm
a
retired
engineer.
My
daughter
graduated
from
O'malley
and
West
High.
So
she
did
not
go
to
Inlet
View,
but
she
graduated
in
2011
and
nine
years
later
she
obtained
her
PhD
in
chemistry.
So
she
had
an
excellent
education
with
School
District
I
I,
like
the
design
I,
think
the
the
building
has
been
relocated,
20
feet
North
from
the
original
proposal.
I
A
AB
AB
The
ignored
signs
have
ranged
from
neighborhood
opposition
to
building
on
the
opposite
end
of
the
lot.
That
was
contrary
to
the
original
ASD
plan,
to
the
failed
Urban,
Design
commission
approval
and,
of
course,
let's
not
forget
the
failed
ASD
2022
Bond
I'm
not
going
to
recap
all
of
the
sub-optimal
aspects
of
the
currently
Advanced
design.
But
there
are
many.
AB
If
you
move
forward
with
funding
the
currently
Advanced
plan,
it
will
cost
Anchorage
taxpayers
10
to
15
million
dollars.
More
than
a
major
remodel
would
cost
Anchorage
Municipal
property
tax
bills
landed
in
mailboxes.
Yesterday,
the
ASD
portion
was
the
largest
line
item
and
accounted
for
42
percent
of
the
tax
Anchorage
residents
expect
you
to
spend
wisely
with
their
money
and
we'll
let
you
know
when
you
don't,
as
you
found
out
what
the
April
2022
ASD
Bond
ASD
has
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
deferred
maintenance
and
is
struggling
with
hiring
and
retaining
teachers.
AB
The
solution
for
Inlet
View
Elementary
isn't
to
try
and
pull
off
some
back
door
funding
with
an
amendment
to
a
memorandum
without
proper
public
notice,
but
rather
make
needed
course
Corrections
and
listen
to
the
will
of
the
voters
and
move
forward
with
a
remodel,
asd's
core
value.
States.
The
district
will
be
open,
transparent
and
accountable
to
the
public.
AB
AC
AC
Whatever
you
do,
they'll
be
fine,
my
kids
will
be
fine,
the
kids
at
Inlet
View,
not
all
of
them,
will
be
fine.
Depending
on
the
decision.
You
make
the
decision
you
make
May
force
them
to
be
in
a
school
that
has
some
unknown
failure.
While
we
try
to
figure
out
what
else
to
do,
if
we
don't
go
forward
with
building
a
new
school,
they
may
be
bus
somewhere
else.
You
may
break
up
a
high
functioning
School
to
what
end
to
make
a
couple
of
neighbors
feel
a
little
bit
better
about.
AC
What's
going
on
around
them,
I
will
speak
about
what
I
do
now.
I
have
been
a
practicing
land
use
attorney
for
about
19
years.
I
know
about
big
projects,
I
know
about
nimby's,
or
at
least
I
thought
I
did.
There
are
typically
two
types
of
project
opponents,
someone
who
has
some
real
concerns
and
would
like
to
see
some
improvements
in
Project
design.
AC
Why
can't
we
share
money
with
the
rest
of
the
school
district
and
we
should
not
count
how
to
folks
who
are
willing
to
hold
our
children
hostage
and
to
burn
it
all
down,
because
they're
not
getting
their
way
about
the
way
a
school
is
designed.
I
urge
you
to
adopt
memo
151s
and
thank
you
all
for
your
hard
service
and
these
difficult
choices.
Thank
you.
AD
All
right
great,
thank
you
good
evening:
superintendent
Bryant,
president
Bellamy
and
members
of
the
Anchorage
School
Board.
My
name
is
Celeste
Hodge
growden
and
I'm.
The
president
and
CEO
of
the
Alaska
black
caucus
I
am
testifying
tonight,
originally
I'm,
so
I
I
called
to
testify
and
support
of
ASD
memorandum,
151
The
Substitute
version
and
I'm.
AD
Listening
to
all
of
the
comments
from
folks
that
are
calling
in
and
now
I'm
I'm
torn
I
I
do
want
to
share,
though,
that
there
have
been
comments
about
individuals,
bullying,
folks
and
I
want
to
say
that
I
received
some
threats
myself
from
representatives
and
I,
won't
say
any
names,
but
they
know
who
they
are
because
I
felt
one
way
and
that
individual
felt
another
way
so
I
I
I
want
to
also
share
that
I.
Don't
take
kindly
to
threats
as
elected
officials
who
are
charged
with
representing
our
entire
municipality.
AD
I
trust
that
Equity
is
at
the
Forefront
of
your
mind
when
you
allocate
the
limited
resources
at
your
disposal
due
to
years
of
flat
funding
from
our
legislature
and
a
temporary
halt
to
state
of
Alaska
school
bond
debt
reimbursement
last
fall.
I
testified
in
Scott's
opposition
of
a
memorandum
which
would
allocate
roughly
37
million
in
funding
for
One
Singular
project,
while
other
schools
in
Anchorage
were
left
untouched.
AD
AE
AE
Hi,
my
name
is
Kate
Vogel
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time
today.
I
urge
a
yes
vote
on
all
of
the
proposed
Capital
Appropriations
in
the
S
version
of
memo,
151
I'm
going
to
be
an
Inlet
View
parent
starting
this
fall
and
urge
that
your
support
include
the
Inlet
View
rebuild.
This
board
has
postponed
the
issue
of
Inlet
View
funding
in
the
past,
but
the
needs
of
this
successful
and
diverse
neighborhood
School
are
not
going
to
go
away
by
continuing
to
ignore
it.
AE
A
AF
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Patricia
Gorman
I've
lived
in
the
Inland
view,
neighborhood
for
more
than
40
years,
I'm,
a
parent
of
a
former
Inland
view
student
and
I'm,
the
former
school
nurse
at
Inlet,
View,
I've
written
and
testified
a
number
of
times
in
support
of
funding.
A
new
school
for
Inlet
View
Community
I,
recently
sent
a
letter
about
four
or
five
days
ago,
outlining
some
detail
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
back
into
that.
I
am
here
asking
that
you
approve
the
funds
available
in
151s
for
this
school.
AF
AF
Some
have
never
been
a
parent
or
a
student
at
in
the
few
I
think
those
things
are
important
to
keep
in
mind:
I,
don't
envy
you
you're,
making
a
decision
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
the
questions
about
the
design
process
have
been
answered.
It
would
take
a
lot
of
time
on
your
part,
going
back
and
reviewing
those,
but
many
of
the
concerns
not
all
have
been
addressed.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
thank
you
very
much.
B
A
AG
AG
AG
We've
failed,
the
Inlet
View
Community,
with
a
failure
to
act
and
I
would
hate
for
the
other
schools
included
in
this
package
to
suffer
the
same
fate.
Roofs
won't
fix
themselves.
Secure
entries
do
not
materialize,
they
cost
money,
and
it
is
your
responsibility
to
allocate
that
money
where
it
is
needed
to
keep
our
students
learning
in
safe
environments.
AG
AH
AH
I
in
particular
want
to
Echo
the
comments
of
Miss,
Hodge
Groudon
and
the
appreciation
she
expressed
for
the
board
coming
back
to
the
table
to
assemble
a
thoughtful
package
of
Capital
Improvements
I
am
the
parent
of
an
Inlet
View
student
and
am
involved
in
that
Community,
but
I've
sent
children
of
mine,
stepchildren
and
children
of
mine
to
four
other
schools.
I
myself
attended
a
different
school
and
my
grandma
taught
at
rabbit
Creek
Elementary,
so
I've
been
around
the
Anchorage
School
District.
AH
For
some
time
it
gave
me
great
joy
to
see
the
memorandum
that
had
Stellar
secondary
West
High
Bear
Valley
Fire,
Lake,
Spring,
Hill,
clat,
Scenic,
Park,
Bayshore,
Creekside,
Park,
Ursa,
Major
and
Inlet
View
and
Ravenwood
Elementary.
All
included
now
I
also
serve
on
the
on
the
executive
committee
of
the
South
Edition
Community
Council
and
I
want
to
remind
you
that
on
November
17
2022
that
Community
Council
once
again
overwhelmingly.
AH
As
a
final
point
and
one
that
goes
to
good
governance,
I
would
strongly
urge
the
board
to
reconstitute
the
capital
investment
advisory
committee
as
the
school
district
and
as
you
as
a
governing
body,
face
extraordinarily
difficult.
Capital
allocation
decisions
I
urge
the
board
to
rely
on
a
broader
swath
of
Anchorage
citizens
to
serve
as
advisors
and
Advocates.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
AI
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Amanda
Compton
I
own,
a
house
adjacent
to
the
Inlet
View
Property.
The
school
needs
to
be
replaced
yesterday,
and
we
need
to
be
making
decisions
for
tomorrow,
and
current
trends
suggests
prudency
less.
We
end
up
closing
schools
and
stripping
down
programs
I'm
here
tonight
to
make
the
case
not
to
fund
the
high
dollar
item
of
a
new
school
in
the
dark
and
wet
part
of
the
property
and
to
instead
fully
remodel
the
Inlet
View
school
at
its
current
location.
AI
According
to
a
recent
opinion
piece
by
Elise
Huggins,
the
school
is
the
only
remaining
public
building.
That's
an
example
of
the
mid-century
modern
style
of
architecture
in
Anchorage,
and
it's
eligible
for
the
national
register
of
historic
places.
A
full
remodel
could
address
the
Aging
infrastructure
issues
and
also
preserve
this
piece
of
local
history.
AI
I've
listened
to
people
hurl
insults
at
those
in
opposition
last
year,
the
full
last
year,
I've
listened
to
how
exhausting
the
efforts
were
of
those
in
support
of
this
project,
but
that's
an
oversight.
Nowhere
on
that
list
was
public
engagement.
All
the
other
stakeholders
were
listed,
except
the
people
who.
AD
AI
In
the
area,
so
those
old
people
with
so
much
time
on
their
hands,
they
read
their
email,
they
read
the
paper,
they
read
the
whole
paper
and
they
go
to
meetings.
They
have
time
to
stay
informed,
but
there
was
nothing
to
inform
them.
About
Millions
have
been
spent
already,
doesn't
mean
we're
at
fault.
It
means
the
cart
went
before
the
horse.
AI
Endorsing
the
relocation
endorses
clandestine
City
Planning
that
will
always
bring
descent,
perhaps
more
importantly,
to
some
at
least
the
10
to
15
million
the
remodel
alternative
would
save,
could
potentially
be
applied
to
reduce
class
sizes
and
other
struggling
schools
and
preserve
some
extracurricular
activities
that
might
get
the
acts
we're
in
an
educational
budget
crisis.
So
why
are
we
considering
the
model
of
you
get
a
new
school?
What
your
school
is
closing.
Thank
you.
A
AJ
You
good
evening
and
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
offer
my
thoughts
on
151..
My
name
is
Kevin
McCoy
and
I've
lived
one
block
from
Inlet
View
for
the
last
33
years.
It's
it's
my
neighborhood
and
I'm
here
to
testify
in
support
of
151s
I
urge
you
in
the
strongest
possible
terms
to
adopt
it
as
proposed.
AJ
It's
frustrating
to
sit
here.
Listening
to
the
folks
that
oppose
this
I
know
their
feelings
are
heartfelt,
but
they're
misguided.
You
would
think
that
there
was
no
public
process
before
this.
You
would
think
that
these
arguments
were
never
made
before.
You
would
think
that
all
of
the
reasons
that
they
have
against
the
school
being
rebuilt
have
just
been
ignored
and
that's
simply
not
true
and
I'm
frustrated
by
that
the
Inlet
View
students
need
a
new
school.
AJ
We
all
know
the
existing
structure
is
outdated.
It's
structurally
unsound
and,
as
time
goes
on,
it's
getting
increasingly
safe,
I
think
the
failure
to
go
forward
with
the
process
now
would
be
fiscally
irresponsible,
you're
just
going
to
delay
the
inevitable
and
it's
going
to
cost
so
much
more
money.
And
that's
why
I
think
some
of
the
speakers
who
I
wish
I
was
as
eloquent
as
they
were,
are
urging
you
to
act
tonight,
I
think
it
it's
it's
important
to
do
that.
AJ
I've
lived
in
Alaska
for
44
years,
I
have
three
children,
they're
all
adults,
they're
a
product
of
the
Anchorage
School
District
and
I'd
like
to
take
all
of
the
credit,
but
I
can't
it's
what
they
received
from
the
Anchorage
School
District
that
launched
them
on
their
successful
lives
and
I,
want
that
for
my
grandchildren
and
I
want
it
for
their
children
and
their
children's
children,
and
that's
why
it's
important
for
you
to
act
now.
So
for
all
of
those
reasons,
I
would
urge
you
in
the
strongest
terms,
to
adopt
151
s.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
D
Thank
you
so,
just
to
Circle
back
to
the
beginning,
we
are
having
a
second
half
of
a
conversation
that
really
started
last
fall
and
so
I'll
begin
there
on
October
4th
2022
after
intentional
delay
to
allow
for
additional
public
discourse
in
and
outside
of
this
room.
The
school
board
passed
a
landmark
memorandum
which
allocated
nearly
50
million
dollars
in
school
bond
debt
reimbursement
funds
granted
by
the
Alaska
legislature
in
a
new
effort
to
begin
seriously
tackling
our
deferred
maintenance
backlog.
D
We
receive
pictures
of
leaking
roofs
in
schools
and
other
significant
problems
that
that
funding
attacked
the
funding
allocation,
represented
significant
value
and
savings
to
the
Anchorage
taxpayers,
as
they
projects
were
not
just
pulled
from
list
of
future
school
bond
propositions.
But
for
the
first
time
this
board
aggressively
funded
projects
which
pursued
repair
and
life
extension
maintenance
work
over
replacement,
which
saved
taxpayers
millions
of
dollars
in
the
process.
D
D
The
memo
before
us
tonight
allocates
the
remaining
school
bond
debt
reimbursement
funds
given
to
us
by
the
legislature
to
address
Capital
needs,
but
with
notable
improvements.
The
last
Motion
in
front
of
us
regarding
these
funds
were
allocated
to
one
building,
I
mean
it
was
a
conversation
that
I
thought
needed
more
time
personally
and
that's
why
we're
here
tonight,
the
memorandum
that
we're
discussing
May
potentially
vote
on
is
a
significant
Improvement
in
my
eyes,
as
IT
addresses
a
dozen
projects
from
South
Anchorage
out
to
Eagle
River.
D
We
between
the
the
memo
that
we're
passing
tonight,
as
well
as
the
funding
that
was
appropriated
on
October
4th.
We,
moreover,
have
addressed
our
Capital
needs
in
every
legislative
district
in
the
the
Municipality
of
Anchorage.
Even
in
this
memo
tonight,
as
currently
constituted,
20
of
the
24
Anchorage
legislative
districts
are
encompassed
in
this
memorandum,
so
we're
tackling
projects
from
across
Anchorage.
D
If
you
incorporate
the
funding
and
projects
on
our
2020
three
school
bond
proposition
which
passed
we
catch
those
other
four
up,
and
so
in
my
district
in
East
Anchorage
we're
seeing
a
project.
That's
Incorporated
I
know
that
we
are
addressing
projects
in
South
Anchorage,
we're
focusing
on
things
like
roof
Replacements,
which
yield
a
significant
roof
repairs
which
yield
to
significant
savings
versus
a
full
replacement
and
I
I.
Think
we
need
to
continue
to
focus
on
projects
which
bring
value
to
taxpayers
when
we're
allocating
these
Capital
dollars.
D
And
so,
if
we're
going
to
be
good
stewards
of
resources
and
address
problems
that
have
been
neglected
for
decades
and
continue
to
do
so
as
we
did
in
October,
it
may
take
significant
capital
investment.
But
I
think
that
we've
heard
loud
and
clear
from
the
community
and
we're
being
responsive
in
that.
Our
vision
for
Anchorage
is
not
simply
to
shutter
the
first
10
schools,
which
are
in
dire
need
of
repair.
That
is
something
that
the
board
could
certainly
consider.
D
If
there
are
members
who
would
like
to
do,
that
is
because,
or
some
major
on
base
had
a
significant
damage
from
the
recent
earthquake
that
that
building
could
be
considered
for
closure,
and
that
could
be
the
end
of
the
conversation.
I
think
we
owe
it
to
our
community
to
have
a
deeper
conversation
and
evaluate
what
we
view
strategically
makes
sense
in
terms
of
locations
as
a
as
a
board
in
concert
with
Administration
I.
D
Then
that
moratorium
ends
I
think
we
have
a
path
forward
which
best
serves
all
students,
and
this
is
an
extension
of
that.
I
think
this
is
a
memorandum
which
addresses
a
number
of
different
projects
and
impacts
positively
thousands
of
families
in
our
district
and
sets
a
tone
for
how
we
need
to
continue
to
be
more
proactive.
D
So
projects
don't
sit
for
decades
without
sufficient
attention
and
we
aren't
constantly
looking
at
a
replacement
conversation,
whether
it
be
from
a
boiler,
a
roof
or
a
building
and
instead
start
being
proactive
with
repair
and
and
similar
types
of
conversations.
And
so
I'll
start.
There
Madam
president,
those
are
my
thoughts
and
thank
you
for
the
time
and
the
grace.
A
J
It's
just
not
a
prudent
action
and
prudent
use
of
the
money
that
we
have
this
one-time
money
this
one
time
moment
in
time,
I'm
very
concerned
that
in
the
upcoming
school
year,
we've
already
seen
the
feedback
on
this
from
the
community.
The
board
voted
to
increase
class
sizes.
I
campaigned
against
that
I
said:
I
wouldn't
vote
for
it.
I
voted
against
it,
and
this
is
putting
us
on
the
road
if
this
passes
towards
a
future
class
size
increases
again
and
potential
loss
of
very
important
programs,
educational,
valuable
programs
to
this
community.
J
Last
time
we
were
faced
with
a
deficit
dramatically
less
than
what
we're
faced
with
this
in
the
next
budget
cycle,
and
we
still
had
to
include
increase.
It
was
still
the
requirement
to
increase
class
sizes
to
come
up
with
the
balance
that
the
majority
of
the
board
agreed
on
so
I'm
very
concerned
that
we're
going
to
hear
from
Insurance
about
increased
class
sizes
and
and
the
loss
of
educational
programs.
Because
of
this
vote
that
may
take,
may
spend
this
money
right
now.
J
There
should
this
project
the
design
money
for
this
project
should
have
never
been
mixed.
In
with
the
earthquake
repair
money
on
the
bond
with
it
at
the
three
million
dollars
that
was
approved
on
that
Bond
at
the
time,
I
argued
that
it
should
be
broken
out
and
voted
on
separate
I
think
that
the
community
90
percent
of
the
community
was
supporting
what
needed
to
be
done
with
the
earthquake
bonds.
J
Those
repairs
absolutely
essential,
and
it
was
really
a
a
mistake
and
unfair
to
the
community
to
include
that
three
million
dollars
mixed
in
with
earthquake
bonds
that
we
all
supported
and
knew
how
to
happen.
There
was
a
lot
of
opposition
to
this
course
of
action
at
that
time
and
by
lumping
those
two
things
together,
it
put
us
on
the
road
right
now.
D
J
A
A
J
J
J
That
is
exacerbated
by
the
fact
that
there's
50
to
60
of
our
students
coming
from
other
parts
of
the
community
going
to
Inland,
View
School,
now
I
think
it's
wonderful.
They
get
the
opportunity
to
do
that.
It
may
be
super
convenient
for
those
parents.
At
the
same
time,
it
has
created
a
calculation
that
the
school's
overcrowded
where,
if
and
it
wasn't
for
the
change
in
how
we
measured
the
calculation
and
it
wasn't
for
the
school
district,
allowing
all
those
students
from
other
parts
of
town
to
go
there.
It
wouldn't
be
classified
today
as
overcrowded.
J
J
Based
on
what
the
most
recent
estimates
for
building
the
full
new
tearing
down
and
building
the
new
school
are
I've
heard
reports
and
I'm,
hoping
we'll
have
testimony
tonight
from
the
administration
saying
that
there
are
new
increased
costs
projected
for
the
new,
the
different
site
that
it
would
be
built
on.
We
heard
tonight
that
something
got
moved
by
20
feet
in
public
testimony
and
costs
are
going
up,
so
it
might
be
higher
than
that.
J
We
haven't
had
a
definitive
number
yet
and
what
this
does
is
puts
the
taxpayers
on
the
hook
once
again
for
unknown
a
dollar
amount.
If
that
dollar
amount
goes
up
before
the
next
Bond,
because
it's
going
to
have
to
be
on
the
next
Bond
the
balance
of
this.
So
it's
it's
somewhere
over
10
million
dollars,
and
it
could
be
quite
a
bit
more
than
that.
That's
going
to
show
up
on
the
next
Bond
and
one
once
again,
the
taxpayers
are
going
to
be
faced
with
a
very
difficult
proposition.
J
Do
they
go
along
with
this
reduced
amount
which
is
going
to
obligate
this
huge
amount
of
money,
or
do
they
say
no
to
a
whole
list
of
really
needy
smaller
projects,
and
that's
not
fair
to
taxpayers?
It
ought
to
be
broke
off
separate
at
the
time
when
we
do
do
the
next
Bond
at
the
very
minimum
and
and
I
anticipate
it
will
not.
J
This
money
is
100.
Fungible
can
be
used
for
any
legitimate
need
of
the
school
district.
There
was
nothing
in
writing
from
the
legislature.
That
said,
this
money
was
for
Capital
and
believe
me,
my
16
years
in
the
legislature,
I
know
that
when
the
legislature
wanted
something
to
be
used
that
way,
they
would
write
that
into
the
appropriation
there
wasn't
even
intent
language
adopted
by
the
legislature.
That
said,
this
was
supposed
to
be
used
for
Capital.
J
J
I
mentioned
I'm
very
concerned
about
class
sizes
in
the
coming
future
and
that
this
money
being
available
to
us
is
a
shock
absorber
to
help
fill
in
the
projected
Gap.
We're
going
to
be
facing
is
going
to
be
very,
very
valuable
about
one
year
from
now
or
less
than
one
year
from
now,
where
we're
faced
with
that,
even
if
the
maximum
amount
that
was
appropriate
by
the
legislature
this
year
comes
through.
As
far
as
funding
for
one-time
funding
for
school
districts,
it's
not
going
to
close
our
Gap.
J
That's
very
concerning
it's
also
very
difficult
to
explain
to
voters
why
we're
doing
something
they
voted
against,
and
the
member
looked
at
the
survey
I
also
looked
at
the
survey
and
I
saw
that
one
of
the
factors
in
the
survey
was
identified
was
the
difference
in
the
bond.
Failing
was
the
people
who
identified
devoted
against
it
because
of
the
Inlet
View
project,
being
a
new
school
being
building
a
new
school,
and
this
is
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg.
There's
two
more
new
schools
on
the
six-year
Capital
plan.
J
This
is
just
the
first
one.
This
community
is
facing
this
decision
on
and
all
this
time
we're
and
not
all
this
time.
But
last
year
we
were
faced
with
a
proposal
from
the
administration
to
close
down
six
neighborhood
schools
is
very
high,
it's
impossible
for
me
to
justify
building
a
new
school
when
we're
telling
other
neighborhoods
they
have
to
lose,
potentially
lose
their
neighborhood
schools
because
those
are
so
vital
to
those
communities.
I,
don't
think
you
should
lose
their
school.
J
If
we
had
unlimited
funds,
yes,
building
a
new
school
would
be
more
efficient
and
save
money
over
50
years,
but
we
don't
have
unlimited
resources
in
this
District.
We
have
very
limited
resources,
and
these
one-time
funds
are
just
that
one-time
funds
and
we're
very
lucky
to
have
them
as
potential
shock
absorber
to
the
huge
gap
that
we're
faced
with
not
for
this
coming
school
year,
but
for
the
one
after
that,
and
that's
very
concerning
to
use
them
all
up
at
once
at
this
time.
Those
are
just
a
few
of
my
thoughts
on
this.
N
You
I
think
you
benefit
when
you
have
a
decision
in
which
you
have
different
points
of
view
and
everybody's
sharing
it
and
everybody
feels
free
to
do
so,
and
so
that
doesn't
upset
me
I
kind
of
like
it.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
you
get
to
listen
and
both
sides
have
some
Merit.
Okay,
I'll,
be
honest
with
you,
there's
a
there's
to
both
sides
and
we
can't
I,
don't
think
we
can
dispute
that.
N
Just
from
a
history
standpoint
I
mean
a
lot
of
the
bonds
issue,
the
90s
when
they
did
the
BSA
the
state
committed
that
they
knew.
They
didn't
give
us
money
for
Capital
projects
and
they're
going
to
commit
to
providing
additional
funds
with
matching
all
bonds
and
they've
reneged
on
that,
but
just
like
Dave
for
five
years,
not
giving
an
increase
in
the
BSA
and
then
when
they
do,
they
make
it
a
one-time
contribution.
So
a
lot
of
these
issues
go
beyond
just
this
one
case
in
front
of
us.
N
Disagreement
about
the
site,
location
doesn't
influence
me
either
way
because
that's
not
focused
on
kids
and
that's
not
the
boy's
decision
at
this
point
in
time,
where
the
site's
going
to
be
we're
focused
on
what's
best
for
kids
and
what's
best
for
students,
and
that
should
be
the
the
focus
of
that
within
it
and
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
focus
on
right
now.
What's
best
for
kids,
I,
think
Inlet
View
is
part
of
thankful
school
district
and
will
be
longer
term.
N
We
will
be
looking
at
reducing
schools,
but
there's
reasons
from
an
academic
standpoint.
Why
consolidating
some
schools
larger
and
making
some
changes
or
beneficial
and
with
the
sixth
graders
moving
that's
going
to
make
it
possible
so
that
some
elementary
schools
have
greater
diversity
and
programs,
a
number
of
issues
that
are
out
there
that
I've
heard
arguments
both
sides
so
I
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
a
supporter
of
cutting
back
on
neighborhood
schools.
N
Have
it
Loop
got
eliminated.
That
was
a
vote
that
the
boy
voted,
but
it
was
six
one,
so
I'm,
not
a
big
fan
of
that
I,
like
the
neighborhood
schools.
In
this
particular
case,
the
remodel
versus
the
new
or
how
we're
going
to
do
it
is
the
issue.
I.
Remember
the
last
board
meeting
there's
a
major
when
the
military
was
here
and
said
they
did
a
review
and
because
the
cost
was
so
great,
it
made
more
sense
to
rebuild.
N
You
know
if
you
wreck
a
car,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
fully
totaled
with
the
full
amount
of
it.
They
reach
a
point
where
they
say
it's
not
smart,
to
rebuild
oh
to
remodel
when
it's
too
great
there's
going
to
be
other
issues
coming
up
and
you're
going
to
have
maintenance.
After
that,
and
at
some
point
there
you
say
this
isn't
the
best
investment
of
your
money.
N
It's
wise
Management
on
the
dollars
and
I
think
we're
dealing
with
that
size
project
right
now,
with
the
just
the
extent
of
what
needs
to
be
done
at
Inlet
View.
Trying
to
do
this
with
a
remodel
is
it's
it's
not
the
best
financial
investment
that
you
can
do,
and
then
the
question
comes
down.
What's
best
for
kids,
I,
think
keeping
Inlet
View
moving
and
forward
going
is
important.
I
think
it
affects
kids.
I!
Think
it
affects
academics
and
and
all
the
other
issues
aside,
that
should
be
the
primary
issue
what's
best
for
kids.
N
Everything
we're
doing
should
be
second
hand
to
that,
but
then
we
do
it
in
the
best
financial
management
way
we
can
so
from
my
standpoint,
Inlet
View
is
a
part
of
us
getting
better
academic
outcomes.
It's
better
for
the
kids,
I
think
dismissing
it
on
the
part
of
the
bond
that
went
through
the
safety
Provisions
in
the
bond
didn't
fail
because
people
didn't
want
it,
but
you
can
play
Inlet
View.
N
You
can
blame
all
of
it
in
a
very
close
vote,
but
you
got
people
saying
I
don't
want
to
go
in
bonding,
but
you
got
people
that
don't
want
any
more
taxes
you
got.
You
got
a
hundred
reasons
out
there
and
drawing
a
conclusion
on
a
very
close
to
bond
election
and
saying
that
they
reject
they
don't
want
this
type
of
improvement.
They
don't
want
the
the
safety
investitures
for
the
schools
that
they
don't
want.
This
I
think
that's
that's
an
unfair
assessment
of
what
took
place.
N
I
think
we
didn't
do
a
good
job
of
selling
the
bonds,
and
that
was
an
issue
I,
don't
think
we
did
that
and
I've
heard
that
from
a
lot
of
sources,
but
I
selling
it
or
not.
We
didn't
do
a
good
job
of
educating
I,
don't
want
to
sell
it.
I
want
to
educate.
There
was
a
difference
that
was
you
sell
it.
You
give
one
side
speech,
you
educate,
you
discuss
both
sides
and
the
and
the
and
the
advantage
and
disadvantages
I
believe
this
is
best
for
kids,
okay
and
I.
N
Think
it's
best
for
kids
that
we
keep
Inlet,
View
I!
Think
it's
it's
it's
unfair!
Not
to
to
ignore
that
this
school
isn't
in
the
condition
it
needs
to
be
to
be
a
public
school
right
now
it
is
in
serious
problems.
It
is
it
in
doing
it
on
a
half
basis,
is
not
going
to
save
us
money
and
improve
education
results.
N
So
we
could,
if
we
went
over
all
the
distance
and
went
with
it,
so
I
am
I'm
voting
for
kids,
in
my
opinion,
so
I
am
voting
for
the
the
151
S
I.
Think
that
is
I.
Think
everything
else
is
secondary
to
me.
If
it's,
if
it's
not
for
kids,
then
I
lost
sight
of
what
we're
here
for
and
I
think
this
is
best
for
kids
and
that's
why
I'm
going
to
vote
support
it.
Thank
you.
C
C
With
this
memo
and
and
I'll
just
reiterate,
I
know
what
has
already
been
said,
but
20
of
the
24
districts
have
projects
being
addressed,
roof
repairs,
roof
replacement
will
be
addressed.
Safety
and
Security
continues
to
be
a
focus,
and
the
rebuild
of
two
new
schools
is
also
addressed
on
this
memo
and
and
I.
As
member
member
Higgins
stated
I
heard
loud
and
clear
when
it
was
stated
that
Department
of
Defense.
C
We
have
the
opportunity
to
address
many
capital
needs
around
the
district
and
we'll
keep
the
and
also
what's
important
to
me
is
we'll
keep
the
next
school
bond
at
a
similar
size
than
our
2023
bond
that
the
community
did
pass.
They
did
support,
so
I
am
in
support
of
memo
151s
and
will
be
voting
in
support
of
it.
E
It
is
sad
to
me
that
that
this
has
caused
the
level
of
division
that
it
has,
especially
within
a
community,
and
certainly
people
are
always
going
to
have
disagreements
about
it,
but
it
it
does
seem
to
it's
gotten
personal
for
a
lot
of
people
and
I.
Think
that's
very
unfortunate,
as,
as
we
sit
at
a
point
where
we're
trying
to
decide
what's
best
for
the
city
best
for
students
going
forward,
I
I
think
people
showing
up
are
sincere.
They
they
feel
the
things
they
feel
and
it
is
very
complicated.
E
It
is
something
that's
gone
on
for
some
time
reiterating
what
member
Wilson
said.
Of
course,
a
remodel
is
cheaper,
but
early
on,
it
was
also
Advanced
that
in
the
long
run,
I
a
rebuild
was
cheaper.
Now,
obviously,
the
the
remodel
has
a
lower
price
tag,
but
the
building
is
not
going
to
sustain
for
the
same
number
of
years
without
major
repair
as
a
new
building
is
and
and
I
say
that
having
had
the
fortune
of
working
in
a
new
building
in
ASD,
the
new
buildings
are
not
like
the
old
buildings
at
all.
E
They
they
are
built
very
different
and
they're
built
in
a
way.
I
I
got
to
work
in
the
new
golden
View,
Middle
School,
and
one
of
the
remarkable
things
about
Golden
view
is:
when
people
walk
into
it
now
they
go
wow.
It
must
be
nice
to
be
in
a
new
school
and
that's
a
new
school,
that's
20,
some
years
old,
and
that
it's
because
of
the
way
they
build
and
the
materials
they
use
and
everything
we
just
do
a
much
better
job.
E
I
I
do
think
that
Anchorage
is
is
in
a
financial
pinch
in
the
states
in
a
financial
pinch
for
a
little
while,
although
we're
in
a
pinch-
and
we
have
a
marvelous
sum
of
oil
revenue
and
we've
got
a
savings
account,
that
is
the
Envy
of
everybody.
I
know
so
we're
not
really
poor,
but
we
are
the
way
we
have
our
hands
on
each
other.
It
makes
it
seem
that
way
as
a
member
of
the
board
and
being
entrusted
to
weigh
in
on
this
decision.
E
I
feel
like
we
have
to
look
at
the
long
term
or
that
we
should
look
at
the
long
term
unless
the
the
finances
of
the
city
and
the
state
really
were
dire
and
and
I,
don't
think
you
can
really
call
it
that
the
they
might
appear
to
be
dire
because
of
a
lack
of
political
Courage
by
some
leaders
or
because
people
wanting
to
focus
money
in
one
particular
area
as
opposed
to
to
others.
But
the
reality
is
we.
E
We
are
the
happiest
people
in
dire
circumstances.
I
know
of
in
terms
of
all
the
money
that
we
have
to
spend.
That
makes
me
want
to
say
we
should
take
the
Long
View
of
what's
going
to
benefit
Anchorage
and
our
students,
because
we
can
and
and
that
would
be
a
new
building
built
to
Modern
standards
completely.
E
So
that's
part
of
it.
I
I
do
want
to
say,
and
and
I
almost
hesitate
to
say
it,
because
I
think
this
will
be
easy
for
folks
to
misinterpret
if
they
want
to.
The
vote
on
the
bond
issue
is
about
whether
or
not
we're
allowed
to
borrow
money
in
your
name.
It's
not
actually
about
the
projects
and
I'd.
Ask
people
to
realize
that,
like
if
we're
talking
about
a
boiler
and
boilers
on
the
bond
and
that
bond
package
fails,
it
doesn't
mean
that
we
can
just
keep
using
that
boiler
for
another
decade,
or
so.
E
We
still
have
to
find
a
way
to
deal
with
it,
because
it
was
identified
as
something
that's
ready
to
go
and
needs
to
be
replaced.
We
may
not
be
allowed
to
bond,
and-
and
that's
the
case
with
what
we
brought
forward-
it
was
voted
down.
We
doesn't
make
Inlet
View,
building
any
better
or
function
any
better
or
or
be
in
better
shape.
We
still
have
to
find
a
way
to
do
that,
and
this
isn't
the
most
conventional
way.
E
I'll
also
say
that
the
bond
vote
was
complicated.
It
was
a
large
Bond
and
and
I'll
admit.
I
was
one
of
the
people
that
voted
to
make
it
larger
in
the
face
of
some
people.
That
said,
they
didn't
think
it
would
pass.
A
number
of
things
happened
between
the
time
we
made
that
vote
and
the
time
citizens
voted,
including
a
community
work
agreement
and
personally
I
had
more
people
tell
me
they
were
voting
no
on
the
bond
because
of
that
than
any
other
single
reason.
It
bothered
a
section
of
the
community
greatly.
E
You
could
just
as
easily
say
that
people
didn't
want
the
security
entrances
for
our
elementary
schools,
but
I,
don't
think.
That's
necessarily
true
and
I'm
sure
there
were
people
that
voted
on
the
bond
because
they
didn't
want
a
new
in
what
View
school
and
I
understand
that,
but
I
don't
think
you
can
really
just
look
at
any
one
thing
and
say
this
is
what
the
voters
said
on
this
bond
issue.
E
If
you
look
at
how
we
fund
things
and
and
the
timing
of
when
budgets
are
decided
versus,
we
have
to
build
our
budget
before
we
have
any
idea
what
the
funding
is
going
to
be
every
year.
That's
just
the
way
it
works.
It
makes
no
sense.
It's
just
the
way
things
exist
in
this
state
when
you
look
at
the
changes
in
the
amounts
of
money
that
we
get
per
student
depending
on
this,
how
many
other
students
are
in
the
building
with
them?
E
It
does
make
sense,
but
it
doesn't
make
sense
in
every
case
when
we
close
the
school
and
send
them
to
other
buildings.
We
wind
up
losing
funding,
but
we
also
lose
buildings
that
need
a
lot
of
repair
and
we
lose
a
certain
amount
of
administrative
staff
and
we
can
put
that
money
to
instructional
staff.
E
It
becomes
a
very
complicated
thing
to
juggle
I
think
our
professional
staff
has
done
a
marvelous
job
of
it
in
terms
of
bringing
us
the
recommendations,
so
I
am
trying
to
tell
people
there's
a
push
in
a
pull
every
which
way
you
look
at
this
and
certainly
a
push
and
a
pull
from
the
community
of
pushing
a
poll
from
the
finances.
And,
lastly,
ASD
is
in
a
definite
deficit
crisis.
Almost
every
year,
I
think
17
out
of
the
last
20.
E
I've,
been
around
about
20
25
years,
watching
it
and
there's
been
a
few
years
where
we
weren't
frightened
to
death
about
what
the
budget
was
going
to
be
and
the
amount
changes
every
year.
But
it's
it's
a
Hail
Mary
over
and
over
and
over
again
and-
and
it
just
gets
that
way,
I
I
hesitate
to
not
do
what
I
think
is
the
right
thing
because
of
an
immediate
funding
crisis.
E
E
They
did
a
pretty
good
job
of
picking
places
where
students
could
largely
be
kept
together
or
a
whole
program
could
be
moved
from
one
building
to
another
and
it
wouldn't
be
as
good.
We
were
only
doing
it
to
try
to
save
money.
We
weren't
trying
to
improve
things,
but
I
think
they
looked
really
carefully
at
at
the
long-term
outcome
and
I.
Think
when
you
look
at
the
long-term
outcome,
we
want
a
building.
We
want
a
school
where
Inlet
View
is,
and
we
want
a
school.
That's
going
to
last
a
long
time.
E
E
A
My
recollection
I
mean
I'm
a
little
surprised
that
151
in
either
form
resulted
in
a
rehashing
of
Bill
versus
remodel,
because
we
said
we
would
rebuild
Inlet
View.
We
also
put
the
money
from
the
state
we
classified
it.
This
board
moved
it
to
Capital
funds,
that's
where
we
put
it
so
we
could
come
back
to
it.
So,
for
me
we
are
coming
back
around
I
actually
forgot
that
at
our
last
meeting
and
I
had
a
different,
a
slightly
different
response
to
the
S
version,
but
it's
26
million
dollars.
A
It
is
a
lot
of
money,
it's
not
going
to
build
the
school,
but
it
gives
us
a
pass
toward
the
school
and
and
so
for
me,
in
my
mind,
the
rebuild
is,
is
what
what
we
have
agreed
to.
If
you
look
at
our
CIP,
it's
a
rebuild,
it's
not
a
remodel.
We
had
the
discussion
and
we
we
move
forward
with
the
recommendation
for
a
rebuild.
A
J
Thank
you,
I
just
wanted
to
speak
for
the
record
that
I
think
it's
really
important.
We
capture
these
federal
funds
for
the
for
the
Russia
major
it
it's
a
really
great
offer
from
the
federal
government
if
it
was
a
separate
vote,
I'd
be
voting
for
that
and
I'm
going
to
take
the
representation
of
our
officials
from
our
administrative
staff
that
there
was
a
time
Factor
here,
because
I
did
request
anything
in
writing.
J
That
indicated
that
they
didn't
have
it,
but
they
represented
to
me
before
the
meeting
that
there
was
an
oral
statement
at
the
meeting
with
the
Department
of
Defense
that
we
had
to
come
up
with
this
money.
This
proposal
within
90
days,
so
given
that
especially
I,
would
be
tending
to
I,
would
support
doing
moving
forward
versus
major
at
this
time.
So
if
my
vote
on
this
I
want
to
be
clear,
that
I
would
support
her
some
Asia.
A
E
J
J
A
A
AK
First
things:
first,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
Advocate
and
support
Kelsey's
lesson
to
be
voted
into
policy
for
drug
education
and
prevention
for
all
middle
school
and
high
school
students,
and
to
assure
that
we
keep
our
youth
safe,
healthy
and
thriving.
The
facts
and
data
regarding
the
opiate
epidemic,
especially
with
fentanyl,
are
screaming
at
us
to
provide
our
youth
with
the
most
honest,
current
and
accurate
information
to
save
their
lives.
AK
Kelsey's
lesson
demonstrates
the
basic
Neuroscience
of
how
opioids,
hack
and
whack
the
brain
with
the
potential
of
leading
to
an
addiction,
beginning
with
tolerance
and
dependence.
This
lesson
is
aligned
with
national
health
standards
and
participation
and
partnership
with
Carmen
Ashley
division,
director
of
adolescent
Health,
Dr,
J,
Butler
and
Dr
Chris
Jones,
with
the
CDC
Kelsey's
lesson
is
dedicated
to
tell
Kelsey
green
along
with
many
other
youth
that
have
experienced
addiction
and
have
lost
their
lives
due
to
overdose
and
poisonings.
AK
We
know
that
there
is
no
current
health
curriculum
that
addresses
opioids,
much
less
Fentanyl
and
addition
there's
no
current
resources
for
teachers
to
access
information
on
fentanyl
from
the
learning
e-modules
from
deed.
That
updated
information
will
not
be
available
for
a
number
of
years.
We
cannot
wait.
Lives,
hang
in
the
balance
due
to
these
unfortunate
facts,
I've
added
an
addendum
to
Kelsey's
lesson.
Titled
fentanyl
with
the
most
current
drug
reports,
I.E
6
out
of
10
counterfeit
pills,
have
a
potential
lethal
overdose.
These
also
provide
facts
for
parents
and
schools.
AK
Hence
the
only
safe
prescription.
Drugs
have
to
come
from
a
doctor
or
licensed
pharmacist.
Every
drug
from
heroin,
cocaine,
meth
along
with
Percocet,
Xanax,
Oxys
and
even
Adderall
contaminated
with
fentanyl
and
our
youth
are
using
all
these
contaminated
drugs.
In
short,
it
has
become
an
opioid
roulette
with
nightmare
alley.
We
can't
afford
to
say
not
my
kid.
AK
A
AL
We
go.
My
name
is
John
Green,
I'm,
Kelsey
Green's.
Dad.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
testify
and
advocate
for
Kelsey's
lesson
to
be
taught
in
the
Anchorage
School
District.
My
daughter,
Kelsey
was
a
heroin
addict
for
six
years,
but
her
use
of
drugs
began
when
she
was
14
and
she
began.
Self-Mocaine
medicating,
with
pot
and
pills
after
becoming
a
victim
of
rape.
Kelsey
died
in
the
Anchorage
Correctional
Complex,
from
complications
of
heroin
withdrawal.
Five
days
after
she
was
arrested.
She
was
24
years
old
couple
of
months
before
she
died
on
a
good
day.
AL
I
took
her
dinner
and
we
had
a
long
talk.
She
told
me
that
all
she
was
taught
in
school
about
drugs
was
that
they
were
bad.
She
said
that
she
was
told
that
you
can
get
addicted,
but
was
never
told
what
addiction
meant.
She
was
told
that
if
you
quit,
you
can
have
withdrawals,
but
no
one
ever
explained
what
that
was.
In
the
end,
it
was
withdrawal
that
killed
her.
She
said
that
if
she
had
only
known
she
would
never
have
started.
I've
spoken
to
many
recover.
AL
Many
recovering
addicts
and
families
whose
sons
and
daughters
have
died
because
of
their
addiction
when
I
asked
them
what
they
knew
before
the
addiction.
I
was
told
by
all
the
same
story.
They
never
knew
the
truth
about
addiction
and
were
never
told
the
addictiveness
and
deadliness
of
the
drugs
today,
including
fentanyl,
has
many
more
times
many
more
times
than
the
drugs
from
the
80s.
That
many
of
us
remember.
AL
If
you
survive
today's
drugs,
you
were
many
more
times
likely
to
become
addicted
and
for
many
death
is
considered
a
relief
rather
than
the
pain
of
going
through
withdrawal.
Yet
our
lessons
to
our
kids
about
addiction
is
the
same
as
it
always
has
been.
Drugs
are
bad.
Okay
and
nothing
more
Kelsey
told
me
that
night
that
she
wanted
to
write
a
book
and
give
it
to
schools
telling
the
truth
about
addiction.
AL
The
lengths
you
would
go
to
for
the
next
fix
and
the
sheer
torture
of
withdrawals
when
all
you
wanted
to
do
is
be
free
from
the
Beast
that
won't
let
you
go.
She
wanted
to
give
it
to
the
schools
and
use
it
for
free
to
use
for
free
I
shared
this
conversation
with
Michael
and
after
much
work,
research
and
collaboration.
We
have
Kelsey's
lesson
for
me.
It's
a
fulfillment
of
a
promise
to
my
daughter
to
tell
her
story
so
that
maybe
even
one
family
won't
have
to
live
her
story
or
our
pain.
AL
This
lesson
is
for
parents
too.
I
learned
like
so
many
the
hard
way.
Don't
ever
say
not
my
kid
and
kids
don't
ever
say
it
won't
happen
to
me
I'm,
asking
that
you
vote
Kelsey's
lesson
into
policy
and
that
it
be
taught
during
Red
Ribbon
Week
each
year
and
perhaps
at
the
end
of
the
school
year,
when
kids
may
be
tempted
to
party
and
need
to
understand
the
consequences
of
trying
even
one
pill,
one
time
again,
I.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
A
D
I
want
to
thank
Mr,
Green
and
Mr
Carson
for
being
present
tonight,
as
well
as
Mr
Carson
for
his
partnership
for
getting
us
to
this
point
and
updating
I'm
a
word
policy
that
I
think
Administration
I
think
it's
my
first
change
to
board
policy
that
didn't
require
any
tweak
from
Administration,
so
we
got
something
right
and
it's
it's
exciting.
Frankly,
you
know,
aside
from
youth
who
are
looking
for
a
good
time
to
engage
in
alcohol
or
other
drugs,
including
opioids
I
work
with
a
subset
of
populations.
D
Just
remember,
Wilson
that
are
plagued
by
mental
health
challenges,
and
one
of
the
many
Innovations
about
the
through
the
pandemic
was
the
the
option
to
get
your
groceries
delivered.
Get
your
food
delivered,
unfortunately,
now
for
the
first
time,
at
least
in
my
home
I'm,
seeing
the
availability
for
youth
to
receive
substances
illicitly
delivered
by
grown
adults
that
are,
that
will
literally
just
drop
it
right
at
your
door,
and
so
this
isn't
something
the
district
has
the
resources
or
time
to
crack
down
on.
D
Here,
as
we
heard
at
the
recent
work
session
of
the
governance
committee,
that
Dr
strumpler
Johnson
is
interested
in
Coalition
building
engaging
Community
Partners
to
to
really
put
a
dent
in
some
of
the
opportunity
and
awareness
gaps
that
exist
and
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
this
at
the
school
level,
especially
before
it
gets
to
be
too
late.
And
so
this
is
something
that
the
legislature
is
contemplating
through
House
Bill.
D
Six,
the
language
of
this
board
policy
would
Implement
one
hour
of
required
education,
the
science
of
addiction
annually
a
whole
host
of
other
things,
such
as
the
dangers
of
opioid
misuse,
and
so
this
really
legitimizes
the
key
tenets
of
Kelsey's
lesson
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
see
how
ASD
Administration
implements
it
would
encourage,
obviously,
a
yes
vote
on
this
and
I'm
hoping
to
see
this
in
a
future.
Red
Ribbon
Week.
Thank
you.
N
S
A
C
C
A
J
J
N
N
A
A
X
E
J
AM
AM
AM
Mid-Year,
we
were
experiencing
claims
month
over
month
that
we're
running
about
125
of
what
was
originally
projected
for
this
claims
year,
and
so
it
was
looking
really
dire.
If
there's
any
good
news
in
this
memo,
it
is
that
we
have
had
a
couple
of
months
of
better
claims
experiences
that
have
backed
off
from
that
number,
so
fortunately
we're
just
looking
at
six
million
dollars
and
not
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars.
So
since
that
news
was
shared
with
me,
when
I
first
came
into
the
position,
I've
been
asking
a
lot
of
questions
too.
AM
You
know:
is
this
a
failure
of
ASD
Health
Plan?
What's
going
on
here?
Why
are
we
in
this
particular
situation
and
it's
been
interesting
to
kind
of
unpack
the
history?
So
if
you
don't
mind,
I'll
just
remind
the
board
briefly
of
some
of
the
history.
We
started
this
self-funded
plan
in
2010
and
the
general
guidance
is
that
any
organization
that
has
more
than
400
employees
a
self-funded
plan
is
often
a
good
option,
because
you
can,
you
can
save
around
two
percent
right
off
the
top
of
what
insurance.
AM
Otherwise
would
charge
for
administering
a
fully
funded
plan,
and
so
we
started
in
2010
and
by
2012
three
years
into
that
experience
we
had
amassed
a
reserve
actually
of
about
10
million
dollars
and
at
that
point,
during
a
municipal
audit,
they
said
that
was
probably
too
large
of
a
reserve
for
us
to
be.
Maintaining
member
Higgins
may
remember
this.
He
was
on
the
board
at
the
time
they
said
really,
because
we
have
a
general
fund
for
the
district.
AM
I
think,
as
most
people
are
aware,
we
have
had
most
plans
have
seen
significant
claims
experiences,
and
so
we
burn
through
what
reserves
we
had
coming
out
of
the
pandemic.
And
you
know
this
was
a
pretty
exceptional
year.
I
will
note
that
this
is
the
second
time
since
2010
that
the
plan
has
operated
this
way
where
we
have
moved
Beyond,
The
Limited
reserve
and
have
had
to
come
to
the
board
in
2016.
AM
J
AM
There
is
a
draft
Reserve
policy
that
has
been
put
together
over
the
last
couple
years
and
had
a
legal
review.
We
just
haven't
finalized
that
so
I
do
have
a
plan
to
continue
to
work
on
that
and
hopefully
bring
something
before
the
board
next
year
for
approval,
so
that
we
can
maybe
find
that
happy
medium
where
we
maintain
a
little
bit
larger
Reserve,
or
we
have
some
triggers
that
already
pre-built
in
when
we're
experiencing
really
high
claims
experiences
that
we
can
turn
on
to
address
those
higher
claims
experiences
in
those
years.
AM
We
also
all
note
just
like
we
did
in
2016.
We
took
a
look
at
plan
structure
this
year
and
we
made
a
couple
of
structural
changes
in
order
to
try
to
reduce
the
cost
next
year.
So
hopefully
we
don't
find
ourselves
in
a
similar
situation.
We're
already
seeing
claims
experiences
taper
off,
like
a
lot
of
Health
Plans
across
the
industry,
have
this
year
so
I'm
more
hopeful
that
we
won't
be
in
the
same
situation
same
vote
next
year.
J
I,
I'm
really
glad
to
hear
that
that
really
helps
me
with
this
vote,
to
hear
that
we're
making
an
effort
to
try
to
mitigate
it's
this
in
the
future.
This
potential
exposure,
because
it
just
couldn't
happen
at
a
worse
time,
I
I,
don't
think.
We've
ever
seen
such
a
high
projected
deficit
out
for
not
this
coming
year,
but
the
next
year
so
and
I
understand
these
are
Esser
funds,
but
still
it's
a
lot
of
money.
J
N
Yeah
I
look
forward
to
getting
into
more
discussions
with
this
the
potential
risk
versus
the
the
buy-off,
but
it's
more
than
that,
if
I
buy
car
insurance
and
I
have
a
wreck
and
the
car
insurance,
the
the
company
knows
that
everything
comes
out
of
my
pocket.
They're
not
going
to
fight
the
same
way
as
if
it's
coming
out
of
their
pocket.
N
They
don't
have
how
much
resources
are
they
going
to
spend
on
trying
to
look
for
things
and
going
things
when
there's
no
reward,
for
it
no
benefit
no
incentive
at
all,
and
we
and
and
I
know
that
working
with
insurance
companies
and
being
involved
in
benefits
for
so
long.
That's
the
issue
so
I
I
look
forward
to
taking
a
careful
review
of
this.
N
The
the
three
percent
can
be
more
than
offset
in
so
many
ways
by
looking
at
analyzing
how
to
be
competitive
on
the
costs
and
what
we
can
do
to
maintain
it
and
insurance
companies
get
motivated
for
that,
and
that's
what
we
need
so
I
appreciate
you,
a
discussion
with
it.
I
look
forward
to
having
more.
A
A
AM
Have
so
we
do
have
a
little
bit
of
Headroom
built
in
this,
because
we
don't
have
the
claims
experience
yet
for
May
and
for
June,
which
will
be
the
last
two
months
of
this
claims
year.
And
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
built
enough
into
this
memo
that
we
could
cover
those
if
those
end
up
being
high
months
as
well
and
if
they're
not.
Then
that
does
build
us,
a
small
reserve
to
start
with
for
next
year.
All.
A
D
AM
Yeah,
so
on
the
immediate
Horizon,
our
plan
is
next
fall
to
put
an
RFP
out
for
a
third
party
administrator
So.
Currently
our
claims
are
managed
by
Aetna
and
we
are
going
to
we've
been
with
them
for
a
considerable
amount
of
time.
We've
got
pretty
good
value
through
them.
We
believe,
but
we
we
want
to
engage
in
a
competitive
process
and
put
that
bit
out
and
we
will
solicit
that
with
anybody
in
Alaska
that
we
believe
can
provide.
AK
T
A
A
F
Right,
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
good
evening.
Asd
community
and
the
school
board
really
I
just
want
to
say
it's
hard
to
believe
that
the
year
has
flown
by
it's
been
my
first
year
here,
I'm
going
into
my
11
month
as
superintendent
and
I
feel
truly
grateful
to
be
here.
I've
certainly
learned
a
lot,
but
you
know
it
was
really
nice
to
know.
F
You
know
that
feeling
that
you
know
you
take
a
vacation
and
you're
back
on
the
plane
and
you're
headed
home
I
actually
felt
that
as
I
was
on
the
plane
back
to
Anchorage
I
thought.
Oh,
you
know
I'm
returning
home
and
that's
something
I
didn't
think
I
would
feel
as
quickly
as
I
did,
but
it's
truly
been
quite
a
year.
F
So
really
as
I
look
ahead
this
next
year,
or
these
next
few
months
rather
will
be
about
reflection
and
planning
for
major
initiatives
that
are
ahead,
including
late
start,
Mondays
and
monitoring
our
bus
transportation
Staffing.
So
we
are
actively
recruiting
drivers
and
we'll
proactively,
communicate
updates
to
the
community
as
things
progress
as
we
kind
of
round
out
this
year.
I
will
note
that
there
have
been
quite
a
few
challenges,
but
the
resilience
and
strength
of
our
ASD
Community
is
incredible.
F
Everything
from
the
Transportation
crisis
to
the
Ursa,
Major,
relocation
to
snowpocalypse
and
more
and
more
things
that
happened
over
the
course
of
the
Year.
Our
community
answered
the
call
to
action
to
support
the
schools
and
student
learning,
so
we've
asked
a
lot
from
families
and
staff
and
community
members
this
year
and
I
want
to
recognize
everything
that
you
do
for
our
students.
F
I
also
want
to
note
that
we've
put
some
proactive
measures
in
place
for
student
transportation
this
year,
including
increasing
wages
earlier
this
year,
offering
summer
jobs
for
our
drivers
and
asking
staff
earlier
than
ever
before,
their
intent
to
return.
But
we
still
have
work
to
do
to
ensure
we
have
enough
drivers
on
the
first
day
of
school.
So
please
spread
the
word
that
ASD
needs
drivers
and
you
can
visit
our
website
at
asek12.org
work
for
ASD
to
apply
for
those
and
other
positions
too,
including
paraprofessionals
and
other
high
need
roles,
a
couple
other
things.
F
F
Once
the
governor
signs
off
on
the
budget,
we'll
have
a
sense
of
what
that
budget
development
process
will
look
like
our
best
case
scenario.
Is
the
budget
is
signed
off
as
it
is,
and
that
would
mean,
though,
even
if
we
got
the
best
case
scenario
and
ASD
applied
all
of
those
one-time
funds
to
next
year's
deficit.
The
FY
25
deficit
we'd
still
need
to
slash
the
budget
by
tens
of
millions
of
dollars.
F
So
all
of
that
to
say,
there's
work
to
be
done
and
will
keep
the
community
informed
on
our
options
and
then
to
close
on
a
lighter
note.
Well,
there's
no
guarantee
that
another
snowpocalypse
won't
occur
next
school
year.
We
now
have
structures
in
place
to
support
remote
learning,
so
in
the
meanwhile
enjoy
the
sunshine.
While
it's
here
and
that
concludes
my
report
right.
A
A
Let's
move
on
to
board
member
comments.
Actually
I
do
have
one
and
I
can
put
it
in
I'll.
Put
it
in
a
rick
in
writing,
but
I
I
do
think.
We
need
to
have
a
plan
for
revisiting
our
boundaries
or
at
least
reviewing
them
prior
to
the
next
budget.
I,
don't
know
what
do
we
want
to
call
it
discussion,
I'll
call
it
a
discussion.
F
A
N
I'll
start
by
just
simply
saying
this
has
been
a
pretty
active
year
and
if
the
superintendent
feels
like
this
year
was
rough,
I
just
want
to
tell
them
that
this
was
not
a
particularly
cold
winner.
So
I
just
want
to
lay
that
out
for
you,
so
you
can
be
aware
of
that
within
it.
I
do
appreciate
all
the
conversations
tonight.
I
realize
that
you
can't
always
agree
with
anything.
N
You
know
with
everybody
and
on
all
issues,
but
they
all
have
some
Merit
and
I
appreciate
the
discussion
that
took
place
both
those
that
spoke
both
sides
of
the
coins
on
different
issues,
I
think
that
was
really
great
and
but
then
I'm
gonna
actually
limit.
My
conversation
tonight
that
I
know
that
some
of
you
may
be
in
shock,
but
yep.
That's
what
I'm
gonna
do.
D
D
Maybe
it's
not
but
seems
to
be
getting
smaller
and
smaller
every
year
before
August
meeting
I
think
my
my
takeaway
from
tonight
and
I
guess
our
last
few
meetings,
especially
when
it
comes
to
goal
monitoring,
is
how
important
our
staff
are
and
ensuring
that
we
at
this
table
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
continue
to
support
them,
and
so
that's
what
I'm
going
to
reflect
on
in
the
absence
of
our
board
meetings
and
would
invite
others
to
do
the
same.
Thank
you.
J
J
J
Also
I!
Guess
we,
the
board,
voted
tonight
for
about
51
million
dollars
with
the
expenditures
and
and
at
some
point
we're
just
going
to
have
to
slow
down
and
Reign
that
in
I
mean
we
can't
keep
doing
that
before.
We
get
a
better
idea
of
what
kind
of
a
budget
Gap
we're
faced
with
for
the
24
25
school
year.
Just
we
just
have
to
realize
that
we're
not
going
to
have
that
kind
of
money
available.
We
have
to
start
really
slowing
down
on
the
expenditure
funds.
Okay,.
C
I
have
a
couple
of
things.
Our
Communications
committee
will
start
back
up
in
August,
so
we'll
take
a
break
for
for
summer
as
well.
Asd
is
coordinating
and
accepting
donations
for
a
backpack
and
school
supply
distribution
and
that
will
take
place
on
July
22nd
from
noon
to
4
here
at
the
Ed
Center.
So
if
any
businesses
want
to
donate
backpacks
school
supplies,
the
the
I
think
the
goal
is
to
reach
about
5
000
students.
C
I
also
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Mr
Peter
lubicich.
He
is,
and
it
took
me
years
to
say
his
last
name
just
so
we're
clear
he's.
The
gifted
education
supervisor,
I
should
say
was
the
Gifted
education
supervisor.
He
was
an
Anchorage
School,
District
employee
for
25
years
and
just
retired.
So
congratulations
to
Peter.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
So
just
a
couple
of
housekeeping
things.
Yes,
we
are
having
our
Retreat
on
Friday,
the
16th
from
three
to
seven
and
Saturday
all
day
on
Saturday.
So
that's
nine
to
four
on
Saturday.
We
will
provide
snacks
and,
and
at
least
a
meal
for
Saturday
snacks
on
light
snacks
on
on
Friday
night,
but
Saturday
you'll
have
a
we'll
have
a
lunch
together.
A
A
The
other
thing
is
is
that
we
will
be
hosting
The
Joint
meeting
with
the
assembly
on
Friday
this
Friday
10
to
12.
prior
to
that
at
8
30.
We
have
our
the
what
is
it
safe
routes
and
I.
Think
Carl
and
Andy
are
our
Representatives
on
that
safe
route
committee,
but
any
board
member
who
would
like
to
join.
You
can
so
with
that.
That
ends
my
my
housekeeping
things,
and
so
we
are
now
any
other
comments
from
any
staff
or
superintendo.
You
guys
good
all
right:
okay,.