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A
C
B
E
G
H
I
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
Anchorage
School
Board
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
and
offer
gratitude
for
the
sacred
ancestral
lands
of
the
denina
people.
We
acknowledge
and
appreciate
that
our
offices,
facilities
and
schools
are
on
these
sacred
indigenous
lands
and
we
honor
the
traditional
care
that
has
been
given
to
this
land
throughout
the
generations.
We
are
grateful
for
the
opportunities
to
grow,
learn,
work
and
create
educational
communities
on
this
sacred
land.
We
extend
continued
respect
for
the
many
cultures,
creativity
and
resilience
of
its
indigenous
peoples.
A
Thank
you,
president
Bellamy
good
morning
and
welcome
everyone
appreciate
you
all
being
here
today
also
want
to
wish
all
the
employees
a
happy
Employee
Appreciation
day
and
those
of
you
who
work
for
the
school
district
and
the
municipality
provide
essential
services
to
our
community.
Thank
you
for
all
you
do.
You
are
deeply
appreciated,
so
we
will
move
on
to
minutes
of
the
previous
joint
meeting.
We
have
minutes
from
December
2
2022.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve.
J
A
A
Don't
see
anyone
in
the
queue
seeking
unanimous
consent
on
the
approval
of
the
agenda,
any
opposition
seeing
and
hearing
none
the
the
agenda
for
today
is
approved.
We
will
move
on
to
item
D
financial
planning
with
a
budget
presentation
from
the
school
district
and
president
Bellamy
I.
Don't
know
if
you
are
kicking
this
off.
K
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
good
morning,
assembly
and
ASD
board.
The
ASD
board
recently
approved
a
balanced
budget.
After
about
six
months
of
a
careful
deliberation
and
discussion
on
our
path
forward.
Given
a
substantial
structural
deficit,
our
new
CFO
Andy
Ratliff
will
provide
the
assembly
with
an
overview
of
the
budget
in
next
steps.
So
kick
it
off.
Andy.
L
All
right,
thank
you,
so
first
slide
is
going
to
be
our
time.
Our
budget
development
timeline
at
this
point,
we're
at
the
board
has
approved
our
preliminary
Budget
on
21st
of
February,
and
that
now
becomes
the
proposed
budget
to
submit
to
the
assembly.
We
did
that
prior
slightly
prior
to
the
first
Monday
in
March,
so
you
guys
can
have
time
to
review
it
before
it's
introduced
on
the
7th
and
then
it'll
come
to
your
full
approval
on
the
21st
next
slide.
L
You
guys
have
seen
this
slide
before.
Probably
we've
presented
this
before,
but
I,
don't
think
this
group
has
released
with
the
assembly
has
seen
it
updated
since
the
new
CPI
numbers
came
out
in
I
believe
January,
which
had
about
an
8.1
percent
increase
in
the
CPI.
So
we
really
just
wanted
to
show
this
slide,
which
is
for
those
who
might
not
have
seen
it
tracks
the
bsia
back
from
FY
17,
which
is
about
the
last
time
it
was
substantially
increased.
L
So
you
can
see
that
dark.
Blue
bar
at
the
bottom
is
our
BSA
and
what
it's
been
over
time,
then
the
other
bars
are
how
we
filled
that
Gap.
Either
through
fund
balance
or
one-time
funds
from
the
state-
or
you
see
some
gaps
in
there
and
a
lot
of
that
a
lot
of
times,
that'll
represent
budget
Productions.
L
So
you
see
the
red
line
trending
up,
that's
the
what
the
BSA
would
be
if
it
were
inflation-proof
since
that
time,
so
you
can
see
there's
about
a
1200
and
almost
70
dollar
Gap
out
there
between
an
inflation-proof
to
BSA
what
it
would
have
been
and
what
it
is
currently
at
the
59.60
which
and
does
that's
the
includes
the
30
increase.
That
was
in
statute.
For
this
year
we
did
spin
like
the
gold
bars.
L
That's
probably
the
most
interesting
was
that
was
the
code
relief
money
through
this
Federal
stimulus
packages
that
we've
been
using
to
help
Shore
up
the
budget.
The
last
few
years,
as
we've
received
substantial
money
amount
of
money
from
the
federal
government
and
put
that
towards
just
predominantly
retaining
class
size
and
other
initiatives
to
help
stem
learning
loss
next
slide.
L
So
this
brief
is
really
going
to
focus
on
the
two
main
things
that
the
assembly
is
required
to
approve
in
our
budget,
which
is
one
the
upper
limit
spending
Authority,
which
is
how
much
the
district
can
spend
overall
I
know
the
city
has
a
similar
upper
limit
spending
cap,
but
you
guys
are
going
to
improve
ours.
Then
you'll
approve
our
tax
request,
so
those
are
really
the
two
levers
that
the
assembly
pulls
so
just
kind
of
make.
L
You
aware,
what's
going
to
go
into
both
of
those
numbers
and
then
we'll
talk
about
some
of
the
structural
changes
that
we
made
in
our
budget
to
get
it
to
balance.
So
this
is
our
summary
of
all
funds.
It's
kind
of
a
busy
slide.
It's
about
small
numbers,
but
overall
our
budget
is
projected
to
be.
Our
spending
request
is
projected
to
be
905
a
little
over
905
million
and
that
represents
a
little
under
55
million
dollar
increase.
L
So
the
reason
for
that
increase
you'll
see,
there's
a
49
million
dollar
increase
in
the
general
fund
and
then
a
about
a
45
million
decrease
in
the
grants
fund.
So
as
we
phased
out
the
amount
of
our
funding,
the
Easter
stimulus
that
we
have
available,
we
are
using
fund
balance
to
be
able
to
short
up
in
the
general
fund.
So
not
much
of
that
fund
or
the
general
fund
increases
new
money.
L
It's
predominantly
going
to
be
fund
balance,
say
from
both
this
year
and
previous
years
and
a
little
bit
of
new
money
on
our
Revenue
side,
but
we'll
also
get
through
that
and
we'll
be
able
to
talk
through
what
those
Revenue
items
are
and
how
that
what
those
changes
are.
L
All
right
that
was
easy,
so
there's
a
couple
of
line
items
on
here
that
we
don't
really
go
through
within
this
presentation.
The
first
one
was
that
print
that
project
carryover
line
item
it's
about
25
million
dollars.
What
that
is,
is
to
preserve
upper
limit
Authority
for
money
that
we
didn't
expend
by
the
end
of
this
year,
or
we
do
our
budgets
and
how
we
require
our
schools
and
departments
to
view
their
budget.
L
The
other
big
one
on
there
is
the
capital
project
fund,
and
that's
so
it
shows
a
55
million
dollar
increase
there.
This
is
largely
money
that
when
we
got
the
school
bond
debt
reimbursement
funds
back,
the
board
had
allocated
about
55
million
dollars
to
some
ongoing
security
and
safety
projects.
So
this
is
really-
and
they
did.
This
is
money
that
we
received
in
the
last
fiscal
year.
L
L
All
right
next
slide
foreign
budget,
which
addresses
our
substantial
general
fund
deficit.
It
uses
up
the
remaining
20
million,
or
so
that
we
project
to
have
in
our
Easter
funding
and
then
I'll
maximize
the
one-time
use
of
funding
that
we
received
from
the
state
this
year,
which
we
did
not
span
and
carried
over
to
help
offset
next
year's
deficit
and
then
increased
our
PTR
by
plus
one
at
all
grade
levels.
L
We
did
make
some
other
structural
changes
that
we
will
go
through
later
on
in
the
slideshow.
N
N
L
But
great
question
or
comment,
but
yes,
it's
a
A
plus
one
PTR
will
affect
all
the
schools
in
the
district.
When
you
look
at
the
budget
and
you
look
at
page
476
I,
don't
remember
what
page
it
is.
But
so,
if
you
look
at
there,
it'll
show
like
the
difference
between
and
and
that
page
actually
includes
what
we're
funding
in
our
general
fund
and
what
we're
funding
in
the
grant.
So
just
a
total
of
teachers
at
each
School
site,
but
it'll
be
the
combination
between
enrollment
changes
and
PTR
increase.
L
So
some
schools
will
either
gain
enrollment
over
the
years
or
lose
enrollment.
So
there's
there's
a
couple
different
things
going
factoring
into
that.
Additionally,
we
did
adjust
the
schools
with
immersion
programs
in
them
to
try
to
get
those
more
accountable
to
how
many
staff
were
actually
putting
them
in
there.
L
Previously
we
would
take
those
schools
and
we
had
like
a
pool
of
what
we
call
hold
back
teachers,
which
is
just
unallocated
teachers
that
we
don't
hire
if
we
don't
need
them
or
you
know,
for
Revenue
decline
or
eight
or
if
our
enrollment
declines,
and
we
don't
need
to
hire
them
when
we
don't
but
we're
using
a
lot
of
those
teachers
in
those
immersion
schools
because
of
the
with
covet
a
lot
of
when
out
of
the
school.
L
L
It
was
12
FTE,
spread
across
the
different
immersion
programs
to
help
Shore
up
the
neighborhood
size,
so
they
don't
have
abnormally
large
class
sizes
on
the
neighborhood
side,
while
the
conversion
programs
have
smaller
classrooms,
just
by
way
of
us
not
being
able
to
get
more
kids
in
those
classes
just
because
they
don't
have
the
historical
language
instruction.
I
guess.
L
L
This
is
almost
entirely
due
to
the
required
local
contribution
going
up.
A
required
local
contribution
is
based
on
the
2020
for
our
next
fiscal
year,
it'll
be
based
on
the
2020
U2
calendar
year,
and
you
might
recall
that
we
did
have
see
a
substantial
adjustment
in
the
assessed
valuation.
So
when
you
saw
residential
property
valuations
going
up
by
10,
I
think
business
was
a
little
less
than
that
that
flows
through
to
the
school
district
and
the
amount
that
the
city
has
to
pay.
L
By
way,
they
require
local
contributions
and
we'll
get
into
that
a
little
bit
more.
What
makes
up
the
required
local
and
how
that
affects
both
local
and
state
funding,
but
really
it's.
You
know
that
8.6
million
is
just
tied
mostly
for
this
year,
tied
to
that
property.
Tax
increase
from
21
to
20,
County
or
21
to
22.
L
you'll,
see
a
45
million
dollar
line
item
for
fund
usage
of
fund
balance
about
28
or
29
million
of
that
is
money
we've
had
in
reserves,
or
we
plan
to
have
by
the
end
of
this
year
by
way
of
not
being
able
to
fill
all
our
positions.
L
L
You
know,
on
the
flip
side
of
that
you're,
not
really
getting
the
students,
the
services
that
you
know
we
plan
to
give
them
so
about
28
or
29
million,
from
both
savings
that
we
had
from
previous
years,
plus
what
we
plan
to
save
for
this
year
on
attrition
and
then
about
16.2
million
or
16.1
million
on
the
one-time
money
that
we
received
from
the
state
for
this
year
that
we
chose
not
to
spend
to
carry
forward
to
help
offset
that
deficit.
L
So
you'll
see
in
the
state
revenue
that's
going
down
by
about
3.9
million
and
really
that
what
that
consists
of
is
one
it's
an
increase
in
state
or
a
reduction
in
state
funding
by
7.8
million,
because
that's
that
shifting
and
the
responsibility
from
the
required
local
contribution
on
the
local
taxes
to
the
from
the
state
to
the
city.
So,
while
the
state
pays
less
money,
the
district
or
the
city
pays
more
in
property
taxes.
L
Through
that
RLC
we
did
lose
about
4.8
million
dollars
in
state
money
on
our
regular
ADM
counts,
and
that's
mostly
due
to
the
hold
harmless
provision
from
when
our
school
enrollment
dropped
in
2021.
We
triggered
a
whole
harmless
provision
there,
which
gives
you
money
back
and
steps
it
down
over
the
course
of
three
years
so
next
year,
that's
completely
exhausted.
So
it's
about
4.8
million
and
that's
a
change
of
about
4.3
million
and
hold
harm
less
than
a
500
000
or
so
in
the
other
like
school
size.
L
Funding
adjustments
we
didn't
do
anticipate
receiving
about
4.2
million
extra
in
intensive
needs
funding.
So
while
we
do
anticipate
receiving
that
Revenue
you'll
also
see
later
on
we'll
discuss,
we
did
have
some
ads
back
into
our
special
education
Personnel,
just
kind
of
assuming
that
we're
going
to
increase
our
services
with
the
increased
needs
for
those
students
and
then
about
2.3
million
in
correspondence
funding
for
their
increased
counts
between
our
three
correspondent
schools
and
about
a
2.2
million
increase
which
is
associated
with
the
30
base.
Student
allocation
increase
that's
currently
in
statute.
L
The
other
thing
to
note
on
this
slide
would
be
our
federal
impact
Aid
going
down
by
about
730
000.
That's
really,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
Federal
impact
Aid,
it's
a
program
by
which
the
federal
government
pays
school
districts
for
kind
of
an
allotment
for
for
us.
It's
mostly
students
on
living
on
Jay
bear
so
this
kind
of
almost
like
a
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes.
Where
you
know
we
can't
tax
that
land.
L
So
the
federal
government
gives
us
a
little
bit
extra
there
and
then
there's
a
provision
in
State
Statute
where
they
take
about
half
of
that
back
from
us.
So
they
reduce
State
funding
because
we
get
this
impact
Aid
funding,
but
we
are
experiencing
a
little
bit
of
a
reduction
in
there.
L
People
Transportation:
this
is
another
fund
that
you've
probably
heard
a
lot
about
recently,
but
for
the
property
tax
contribution.
We've
been
thankful
that
the
city
has
supported
us
in
our
transportation
fund.
This
is
another
area
that
they
can
kind
of
give
to
us
outside
of
the
state
cap
and
local
taxes.
L
So
in
the
last
few
years
we
have
requested
additional
property
taxes
for
that
we
do
have
some
fund
balance
associated
with
having
saved
money
by
not
being
able
to
run
some
of
those
routes.
However
unfortunate
it
was,
you
know
we
had
to
start
the
year
about.
Two-Thirds
of
our
general
Ed
routes
were
not
being
run
in
kind
of
six
week
intervals
of
schools.
So
while
we
did
save
money
from
that,
it's
unfortunate
because
it
makes
it
more
difficult
to
get
kids
to
school
and
learn.
L
We
are
hopeful.
This
is
one
of
the
things
on
our
list
to
discuss
with
the
legislature.
You
know
trying
to
get
that
increase,
because
the
increase
for
Trent
we
haven't
had
the
same:
an
increase
in
transportation
since
kids
walk
to
the
door
in
2015.,
but
still
that
same
481
dollars
and
our
costs
go
up
substantially.
As
you
recall,
we
had
to
give
our
bus
drivers
about
a
25
increase,
or
so
just
to
get
people
to
apply
for
those
jobs.
But
thankfully
it's
worked.
You
know
our
our
routes
are
filled,
kids
are
getting
to
school.
L
Student
nutrition-
there's
really
not
a
tax
component
to
this.
We
just
kind
of
give
you
a
brief
overview
of
that.
It's
going
up
by
about
3.7
percent
or
so,
but
largely
do
you'll
see
the
the
bigger
moving
parts
are:
a
reduction
in
the
amount
of
lunch
sales.
These
we're,
projecting
and
increase
the
amount
of
federal
revenue,
but
this
fund
should
be
self-supporting
and
not
need
contributions
from
taxes
or
the
general
fund
going
forward,
at
least
for
next
year.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
so
I
noticed
on
our
March
7
agenda
that
we're
being
asked
to
approve
the
purchase
of
several
buses
and
I
wondered
why
that
wasn't
part
of
asd's
budget
and
instead
was
something
we
were
being
asked
to
approve,
but
I
think
your
description
Andy
that
you
just
shared
answers.
That
question,
which
is
that
we
are
allowed
to
the
state,
allows
us
beyond
our
max
contribution
to
BSA,
to
also
purchase
equipment,
and
is
that
something
we've
traditionally
done.
L
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that.
That's
that's
great,
so
yeah
I
believe
the
memo
you
have
going
before
you
is
to
purchase
buses
through
the
master
lease
program,
which
is
a
just
a
financing
mechanism
for
us
to
buy
those
buses,
and
we
do
have
it
in
our
budget
to
repay
that
lease
over
time.
So
just
a
it's
more
of
a
cyclical
replacement
of
our
transportation
equipment,
rather
than
having
to
do
kind
of
larger
one-time
purchases
of
buses.
O
L
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
actually
saw
a
news
story
that
there
are
school
districts
outside
of
Alaska,
that
parents
are
owing
for
school,
lunches
and
I'm
wondering
if
we
have
that
kind
of
a
problem,
because
they
were
talking
about
millions
of
dollars
in
some
of
these
school
districts
and
so
I'm
wondering.
Are
we
in
that
same
situation
here
in
Anchorage?
Thank
you.
Q
I
can
answer
that
through
the
chair,
so
we
do
have
that
same
problem.
I
think
it's
Nationwide.
Q
We
average
we
budget
for
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
year
that
we
pay
toward
bad
debt
for
student
nutrition,
because
the
USDA
will
not
allow
student
nutrition
to
use
federal
funds
for
that
and
what
we
consider
bad
debt
is
for
those
students
who
have
left
the
district,
those
students
who
have
graduated
or
those
students
who
have
since
they
you
know
since
school
started
it
may
take
months
before
they
fill
out
the
paperwork,
to
be
able
to
receive
snap
or
TANF
or
somehow
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunches.
Q
And
then
we
write
that
off
at
the
end
of
every
year.
But
we
do
struggle
with
that.
It's
actually
you
know
problematic,
but
we
try
to
get
ahead
of
it
early
every
year,
especially
when
they're
coming
from
a
cep
school,
where
Federal
Regulations
prohibit
us
from
asking
them
to
fill
out
free
and
reduced
applications,
because
the
whole
school
is
free
and
it
was
supposed
to
be
easy.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
Mr
Peterson
for
asking
that
question.
The
idea
to
me
in
2023
that
you
know
kids
can't
get
a
free
lunch
at
school,
because
we
know
that
if
you're
hungry
you're
not
going
to
learn
in
the
same
way,
it's
just
so
depressing
about
our
country
and
I,
know
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir,
but
just
wanted
to
thank
the
school
district
for
doing
whatever
you
can
to
minimize
that
debt
and
support
families
who
need
it,
because
if
kids
can't
eat,
they
can't
learn.
So.
N
Thanks
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
members
of
the
assembly
that
the
board
recently
approved
a
major
policy
change
to
our
wellness
policy,
and
one
of
the
elements
that's
now
included,
although
I
think
it
reflects
prior
in
ongoing
practice,
is
that
students
are
not
going
to
be
lunch
shamed
or
you
know,
given
a
cold
cheese
sandwich,
for
example,
if
they
have
that
debt
I
know
that
that's
something
that
exists
in
other
districts,
but
that's
not
a
practice
that
has
been
implemented
in
ASD.
But
now
the
policy
says
that
that
should
not
happen
ever
foreign.
A
Q
Q
We
we
allow
children
to
go
ahead
and
get
the
normal
meal
and,
and
then
we
take
care
of
it
afterwards.
We
do
send
parents
notices
when
they
start
building
balances
for
unpaid
meals,
and
then
we
also
start
working
with
them
and
sometimes
the
ell
Department
to
work
with
them
in
order
to
encourage
those
families
who
truly
don't
have
the
funds
to
apply
for
free
and
reduced.
But
I
I
know
it's
in
the
policy,
but
it
has
not
been
an
ASD
practice
to
ever.
Do
that.
L
Next
slide,
this
will
be
our
debt
service
fund,
which
also
includes
property
tax
requests
in
it,
the
local
property
tax
request
is
going
by
down
by
about
1.25
million.
This
is
largely
just
due
to
how
much
we
expect
to
have
to
pay
back
on
our
bonds.
These
are
all
voter
approved
initiatives.
So
it's
you
know
it's
already
set
and
once
those
bonds
are
sold,
we
have
those
payment
schedules
lined
out.
You
will
see
a
transportation
fund
contribution
in
there
about
350
000.
L
That's
the
line
item
that
actually
goes
into
this
fund
to
repay
the
bus
leases
that
we
have
outstanding,
so
that's
kind
of
technically
how
it
flows
through,
and
you
see
that
there
overall,
you
know:
we've
reduced
our
bond
debt
by
about
100
million
dollars
or
so
over
the
last
10
years
and
I
think
about
15
years
ago
that
Bond
debt
amount
was
up
to
about
750
million.
So
we've
really
made
a
diligent
effort
to
bring
down
the
amount
of
debt
we
owe
you
know,
however,
that
does
come
to
cost
with.
L
It
sounds
like
the
state
debt
Bond,
reverse
State
debt,
Bond
reimbursement
is
in
the
governor's
budget
and
will
probably
continue
to
be
so
so
we
do
have
that
in
our
budget
is
fully
funded
by
the
state
that
does
drop
off
fairly
quickly
because
anything
we've
sold
in
our
new
bonds
since
2015,
since
the
state
passed
their
moratorium
on
any
new
bonds
being
reimbursed
some
of
those
old
bonds
as
they
fall
off,
the
state
continually
pays
less
wow
all
the
new
one
Bond
issues.
We
have
the
cities
burning
the
entire
amount
for.
L
L
As
I
mentioned,
we
had
about
6.8
million
dollars
in
our
fiscal
year,
property
tax
request
and
this
one's
kind
of
confusing,
because
we
have
both
fiscal
years
and
calendar
years
of
How
It's
funded
by
the
muni.
If
you
see
that
gray
section
down
at
the
bottom
really
breaks
out
how
that
property
tax
requests
looks
by
type
of
request,
so
the
required
local
contribution
going
up
by
7.75
million
is
largely
the
that's
really.
The
reason
why
why
it's
going
up
so
much?
We
do
have
additional
allowable
contribution.
L
L
So
all
the
property
taxes
increases
that
we've
had
over
these
years.
It
hasn't
gone
into
the
pockets
of
ASD.
It's
come
out.
It's
gone
back
to
the
state,
so,
like
I
said,
you
know
the
required
local
contribution
increases
taxes,
but
the
state
tax
that
takes
that
money
away.
So
we
could
answer.
Ask
that
question
all
the
time.
Why
do
my
property
taxes
keep
going
up
and
you
guys
keep
still
asking
for
money?
And
that's
that
really
is.
L
If
you
kind
of
focus
on
the
calendar
year
request
in
the
Middle
with
the
unfunded
Bond
debt.
This
will
be
the
effective
rate
that
the
taxpayers
are
going
to
see
for
our
calendar
year.
L
22
tax
request:
it
was
about
7.64
Mills
and
it
did
include
the
20.3
million
dollars
in
bond
debt
that
was
not
funded
by
the
state
for
that
year,
as
we
anticipate
that
going
away
or
we
don't
or
they
funded
it
for
we're
not,
and
we
always
did
kind
of
a
catch-up
thing
where
the
district
would
pay
it
out
and
then
request
those
taxes
on
the
back
end
when
the
state
didn't
fund
it.
L
So
we're
done
with
kind
of
that
catch-up
provision.
We
don't
anticipate
any
additional
tax
levies
needed
for
the
calendar
year
23.,
so
we
will
see
an
effective
decrease
of
about
16.3
million
dollars
in
taxes
or
about
0.45
Mills.
So
it's
good
news
for
taxpayers
on
that
front,
but
you
know
probably
not
so
good
news
that
we
had
to
do
it
ever
in
the
first
place,
any
questions
on
the
tax
request-
and
we
know
this
is
kind
of
the
biggest
issue
that
you
guys
will
be
facing
as
the
assembly.
L
If
not,
we
can
move
on
so
we
did
throw
together
a
quick
chart
to
show
over
time.
You
know
it's
been
about
a
17
million
dollar
increase
from
FY
17
to
FY
24
on
that
required
local
contribution,
so
the
Blue
Line
increasing
is
the
amount
that
the
city
needs
to
contribute
for
that
required.
Local
contribution
and
the
orange
line
going
down
is
the
corresponding
amount.
That's
deducted
from
State
funding,
so
asd's
funding
changes
stay
at
zero
and
then
that
just
shows
the
split
between
who
pays.
Who
pays
the
bill
for
it?.
L
So
getting
in
kind
of
the
changes
that
we
had,
this
is
a
chart
that
shows
our
general
plan
expenditures
by
state
function,
which
is
the
chart
of
accounts
that
the
state
requires
us
to
use
for
reporting
you'll,
see
the
kind
of
brownish
bars
in
there
by
and
large,
all
the
costs
in
those
brown
bars
are
in
schools
in
one
way
or
another,
the
biggest
one
at
the
bottom.
Being
instruction
and
you'll
see
a
red
bar.
L
That's
got
20
million
dollars
for
teachers
in
our
Easter
funding,
so
whatever
remaining
Easter
Monday,
we
have
is
going
to
go
towards
producing
class
sizes
at
this
point
or
pertaining
as
much
as
we
can
for
for
what
we
have
all
the
fun
all
the
things.
The
projects
that
we
did
have
funded
out
of
our
Easter
money.
We
did
pull
those
into
the
general
fund,
a
lot
of
them
at
a
reduced
capacity
like
we
reduced
the
amount
of
available
money.
L
We're
gonna
have
for
summer
school
for
virtual
instruction
I.T,
so
those
are
kind
of
the
bigger
components
within
our
Easter
spending,
but
we
did
pull
that
into
the
things
we
wanted
to,
like
our
Career
College
life
Readiness
initiative
to
try
to
get
better
alignment
with
our
instruction
to
our
Workforce.
So
we
did
pull
that
into
the
general
fund,
so
you'll
see,
but
those
are
all
kind
of
within
this
chart.
L
Then
you'll
see
the
two
blue
bars:
that's
really
our
District
administration
cost
the
small
blue
bar
and
then
the
other
one
is
the
District
administration
support.
So
what
kind
of
goes
into
those
is
our
District
administration
is
going
to
be
our
cost
for
our
school
board,
our
superintendent
kind
of
the
chief
Executives,
like
me,
legal
fees
and
then
the
other
big
ones
like
our
audit
cost.
L
So
when
we
pay
for
an
external
audit,
that's
just
District
administration,
District
administration
support
will
be
HR
payroll
budget
purchasing
kind
of
those
business
side,
Services
of
it
about
85
percent
of
all
our
costs
go
to
people.
So
when
we
talk
about
inflation,
a
lot
of
that
inflation
is
also
on
our
contracts
on
our
for
people.
You
know
we
can't
ask
our
folks
to
live.
Think
about
poverty.
We
need
to
give
them
increases
to
maintain
some
cool
adjustments
just
to
keep
their
cost
of
living.
About
the
same.
So
we
talk
about
making
reductions.
L
You
know
that
having
most
of
our
costs
and
salaries
and
benefits
really
does
necessitate
that
when
you
make
reductions,
It
generally
comes
from
people,
utilities
and
rent
those
are
fixed
costs.
You
have
some
and
other
purchase
Services,
which
a
lot
of
software
and
kind
of
Maintenance
contracts
and
then
supplies
and
other
stuff
makes
up,
maybe
four
percent
of
the
rest
of
it
it's.
So
we
really
don't
have
a
lot
of
Leverage
in
that
kind
of
Supply
equipment.
Other
other
item
things
to
to
be
able
to
make
significant
reductions
to
balance
our
budget.
L
So
the
programmatic
changes
that
we've
made
across
the
district,
we
did
increase
the
people
teaching
ratio
by
one
at
all
grade
levels.
We
talked
about
that
we
did
close
at
the
Loop
Elementary
School
and
we
also
closed
Ursa
Major
for
the
time
being,
although
that
wasn't
a
plan
closure,
it
was
due
to
structural
deficiencies
in
the
building
and
we
closed
that
for
this
year
already.
But
we
do
save
those
costs
in
the
budget
and
if
you
look
at
the
budget,
you
will
see
it
being
the
cost
for
person
major
being
taken
out.
L
So
there
are
some
savings
there.
However,
it
wasn't
something
we
planned
or
were
deliberate
about.
Like
the
school
closures,
we
stood
up
a
new
Mental
Health
Department,
as
kids
came
back
from
Cova,
they
had.
There
was
increase
in
the
number
of
behavior
issues
in
both
intensity
and
frequency,
so
just
trying
to
get
a
hand
on
what
supports
we
can
provide
to
students
through
our
mental
health
initiatives
and
then,
as
I
talked
about,
we
stepped
down
some
of
those
Easter
funded
programs,
which
is
virtual
summer
school
and
some
of
the
remote
learning.
L
We
increased
the
number
of
special
education
supports.
As
I
talked
about.
You
know,
we
had
an
increase
in
the
number
of
intense
students
with
intensive
needs,
so,
as
those
more
obviously
have
more
of
those
students,
we
need
more
supports
in
the
classrooms
to
help
address
that
population.
We
made
some
administrative
and
operational
reductions
and
then
kind
of
the
other.
Bigger
things
were.
The
changes
in
revenue
and
estimates
both
for
changes
in
enrollment
changes
in
intensive
needs
students,
and
we
were
able
to
take
advantage
of
some
of
the
Pre-K
funding.
L
That's
now
offered
that
was
through
the
Alaska
reads
act.
It
gives
us
a
0.5
ATM
adjustment
for
preschool
students
that
are
not
in
whether
a
state
or
federally
funded
programs
like
we
do.
We
had
gotten
state
grants
for
pre-k.
L
We
get
some
the
special
education
grants
through
title
VI
to
be
able
to
pay
for
preschools
so
but
the
ones
that
we
pay
for
like
through
the
alcohol
grants,
we
can
claim
the
ADM,
and
then
we
stood
up
eight
new
classrooms
for
next
year
through
the
funding
from
those
from
those
Pre-K
students
being
as
part
of
the
reads:
Act,
we
were
able
to
take
the
SRO
cost
out
of
our
budget.
I'm
thankful.
L
We
never
really
did
have
to
pay
those
the
assembly
came
actually
gave
us
put
that
back
in
their
budget,
so
we
did
have
it
in
our
budget
for
this
year,
but
we
were
able
to
save
that
money
for
use
for
next
year,
as
well
as
cut
it
out
of
our
budget
for
next
year
as
well.
So
that
was
a
very
beneficial
for
us
to
help
get
our
budget
down.
So
thank
you
all
for
that,
and
then
we
did
make
some
adjustments
in
our
vacancy
rates.
L
So
as
we
as
I
said,
we
had
about
four
and
a
half
or
five
million
or
450
or
500
vacant
positions
perpetually
this
year,
I,
don't
think
the
outlook
for
being
able
to
hire
a
lot
of
these
people
is
a
whole
lot
better
next
year
than
it
is
this
year.
L
You
know
on
the
business
side
we
have
to
add
in
a
factor
if
I,
don't
I
mean
I
hope
you
can
hire
those
people,
but
I,
don't
think
you
will
so
we
were
able
to
adjust
it
up
a
little
bit
that
way,
unfortunately,
but
it
does
help
balance
the
budget.
So
that's
really
kind
of
where
we're
at
in
getting
to
a
balanced
budget.
A
H
K
Thank
you
for
the
question
member
Soul.
We
are
aware
that
the
uni
recently
went
in
that
direction.
Prior
to
that
occurring,
an
online
checkbook
hadn't
been
on
the
list
of
priorities
for
the
district,
but
if
there
were
interests
by
the
board,
that
is
something
that
we
certainly
could
look
into
in
terms
of
what
are
the
costs
in
terms
of
resources
and
dollars
to
make
that
happen.
K
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Souls.
The
question
I
have
Mr
Ratliff
on
the
450
to
500
vacancies.
Besides
bus
drivers,
you
know
what
are
the
areas
better
most
hard
hit
or
most
difficult
to
recruit
in
or
are
they
just
spread
across
the
board.
L
It's
been
bus,
drivers
has
won,
our
student
nutrition
personnel
has
been
another,
that's
been
continually
hard
to
fill,
custodians
are
paraprofessionals
that
are
in
the
classrooms,
for
this
particular
special
education.
Paraprofessionals
have
been
really
hard
to
feel,
and
then
we've
had
over
100
teacher
vacancies
this
year,
which
is
more
abnormal
than
what
we've
had
in
the
past.
So
it
really
is
kind
of
spread
across
the
big
gamut
of
there's.
Just
a
lot
of
vacant
positions
out.
There.
A
Thank
you.
That's
it's
unfortunate.
I
know
it's
hard
all
around
at
all
levels
of
municipal
government
and
school
districts,
but
definitely
that's
something.
That's
an
area
of
interest
on
the
assembly
as
far
as
brainstorming
and
what
we
can
do.
You
know
to
support
the
municipality
as
well
as
you.
A
I
have
Ms
Quinn,
Davidson
and
then
member
lessons
next.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
couple
questions,
I,
guess,
first,
just
a
comment,
but
thank
you
for
this
presentation.
Thank
you
for
prioritizing
kids
as
much
as
you
can.
Despite
the
shrinking
investment
by
the
state
and
I
know,
it's
really
frustrating
to
be
in
this
position
and
we
want
to
Advocate
I.
Think
I
speak
for
most
members
that
we
want
to
advocate
for
you.
O
However,
we
can
so
please
use
us
if,
if
there's
an
opportunity
for
that
and
I'm,
just
sorry
that
the
state
legislature
is
not
investing
in
kids
and
I
hope
they
step
up
for
a
change
so
anyway.
Thank
you.
Next
comment.
I
wanted
to
share
I'm
sure
that
you
all
saw
that
we
passed
an
ordinance
that
made
indigenous
people's
day
in
Juneteenth.
O
A
holiday
and
I
was
wondering
what
the
process
is
for
acknowledgment
of
those
holidays
at
ASD
and
then,
when
you're
answering,
that
I
would
just
bring
up
that
Mr,
France
and
salitell
and
I
are
bringing
forward
a
parental
leave
policy
that
would
Grant
all
parents
four
weeks
of
leave
paid
leave
which,
as
we
know,
is
good
for
families
and
kids,
but
also
good
for
the
workforce,
because
you're
better
able
to
attract
and
retain
employees.
O
So
I'm
wondering
if
you
have
such
a
leave
policy
and
if
you've
considered
it
and
if
we
are
able
to
pass
it,
which
I'm
hoping
we
will,
if
ASD
might
consider
that
as
a
way
to
attract
employees.
Thanks
sure.
K
I'm
happy
to
answer
that
question
and
first
of
all,
I
love
these
stickers.
These
are
really
great,
and
you
know
I've
gone
on
record
sharing
with
the
board
in
the
past
that,
when
I
was
HR,
Chief
in
Houston
I
actually
contributed
to
making
Juneteenth
a
holiday
right
before
I
left.
It
was
one
of
my
last
acts,
so
it's
certainly
something
that
we're
interested
in.
But
here
in
ASD
we
do
have
a
calendar
committee
and
we
have
recently
reactivated
that
committee.
K
So
we
can
discuss
not
just
indigenous
people's
day
in
Juneteenth,
but
also
our
snow
day
strategy.
We
have
some
Legacy
asynchronous
learning
days
from
Cove
at
times,
there's
a
lot
that
we
need
to
look
at
with
regards
to
the
calendar,
which
is
why
I've
reactivated
that
committee
so
more
to
come
on
that
with
regards
to
the
parental
leave.
That's
another
area
where
you
know
I
have
experience
in
the
past
with
it,
but
I
will
defer
to
our
HR
Chief
to
see
if
he
has
any
information
you'd
like
to
share
on
current
policy
foreign.
M
Our
lead
policies
are
articulated
through
our
seven
different
cbas
that
we
have
with
our
unions
and
associations,
and
that
is
a
request
that
has
come
forward
from
some
of
the
groups
and
is
currently
being
looked
at
as
a
negotiated
item
with
at
least
one
of
our
groups
and
we're
certainly
open
to
to
looking
at
that
as
an
option.
K
And
just
to
piggyback
on
that,
that
is
something
that
I'm
really
interested
in,
but
to
the
point
that
the
chro
shared
we
have
a
number
of
bargaining
groups
and,
in
my
viewpoint
something
like
paid
believe
should
be
an
employee
benefit.
So
we
need
to
figure
out
a
way
to
strategically
Implement
that
across
bargaining
units,
which
would
take
multiple
years
in
a
structural
plan.
K
A
Any
follow-up,
Ms,
Quinn,
Davidson
and
I
just
want
to
note
that
I
did
bring
stickers
from
the
ombudsman's
office
that
I'll
leave
here
next
in
the
queue
is
member
lessons.
N
Thanks
this
is
really
even
more
of
a
question
for
the
administration,
but
since
we
were
talking
about
vacancies,
I
think
recently
on
the
floor
of
the
house
War,
there
was
a
legislator
who
used
the
words
Hocus
Pocus,
to
talk
about
education
funding
and
insinuated
that
things
like
bus
drivers
and
paraprofessionals.
The
custodians
were
not
instructional
and
I.
Just
wonder
if
we
like
in
a
hypothetical
world
would
we
be
able
to
deliver
instruction
if
we
had
no
paraprofessionals
and
no
bus
drivers
and
no
custodians.
K
N
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
I
just
happen
to
think
of
this.
We
we
covered
Transportation
here
a
few
slides
ago,
and
they
just
settled
the
the
bus
driver
strike
out
in
the
valley
and
I'm
wondering
if
they
obviously
must
have
negotiated
a
pay
increase.
Is
that
going
to
have
an
effect
on
on
our
drivers?
Are
we
going
to
have
to
rent
raise
their
their
pay
to
be
competitive
with
drivers
in
the
valley
as
well?
Now
we.
K
Negotiated
our
Teamster
agreement
prior
to
December,
so
we
already
have
a
CBA
in
place
or
in
a
slightly
different
cycle
than
the
Matsu.
L
I
I
think
there's
hope,
especially
when
I
look
at
where,
where
those
future
workers
are
they're
in
our
schools,
and
so
the
investment
has
to
be
deep
and
wide
and
I
don't
I.
Just
don't
know,
I've
never
seen
this
450
vacancies
in
this
district
and
I
I
was
in
it.
I've
been
associated
with
this
district
for
almost
50
years,
I've,
never
seen
that
we've
never
struggled
to
attract
and
retain
employees
they're
just
not
there,
even
if
we
give
them
money
they're,
not
there.
I
So
this
is
a
crucial
loop,
we're
in
and
I,
don't
know
how
to
get
us
out
of
it.
I
know
in
the
end,
what
it's
going
to
take,
but
it's
going
to
be
all
of
us:
it's
not
just
going
to
be
ASD,
so
whatever
we
can,
however,
we
can
partner
to
really
strategically
improve
our
local
and
State
labor
market
I
mean
that's.
What
it's
going
to
take.
Every
district
is
having
these
I
mean
the
shortest.
The
shortages
are
real
and
and
concerning
and
no
we
cannot
operate.
O
I
know
you
spoke
about
this
Indiana
presentation,
but
we
often
get
the
question.
You
know
enrollment's
going
down.
Why
are
costs
Going,
Up,
Normally
I
think
we
try
to
answer
about
sort
of
scale
and
how
much
it
costs
are
in
the
classroom
and
but
I
really
liked
your
comment
that
the
state
investment
is
flat,
and
so
our
investment
has
to
go
up
and
I
think
that's
something
that
I
haven't
focused
on
as
much
so
I
guess
I'm,
just
asking
when
we
get
those
those
questions
from
constituents
are
those
the
two
factors
you
would
highlight.
O
L
Right
and
kind
of
a
an
example
of
that
might
be.
Is
we
lose
100
students?
That's
about
a
million
dollars
for
us,
so
even
if
we
lose
100
students
and
lose
a
million
dollars,
you
know
we
have
a
600
million
dollar
budget
if
our
inflation
goes
up
by
two
percent,
that's
12
million,
so
we're
going
to
lose.
We'll
also
lose
the
revenue
we'll
be
able
to
cut
some
costs
by
the
Direct
Services
provided
those
students,
but
then
everything
else
that
inflation
far
outpaces
the
loss
of
those
students.
L
K
If
you
lose
your
student
or
if
you
have
fewer
students
and
two,
you
know
fast
forward
to
2022
and
we
had
two
districts:
That
Couldn't
offer
bus
service,
full-time
I
mean
the
ramifications
are
truly
profound
and
the
only
way
that
we
got
out
of
it
was
raising
the
wages
by
25.
So
the
cost
of
business
has
just
gone
up
dramatically.
K
N
This
is
more
of
a
follow-up
comment,
but
I
think
it's
really
important
to
underscore
that,
with
years
and
years
of
static
funding,
we
have
had
available
Federal
relief
funds,
but
instead
of
using
the
majority
of
those
relief
funds
for
targeted
relief
efforts.
Instead,
we've
been
backfilling
the
budget
year
after
year
after
year,
trying
to
tread
water
for
classroom
teachers
alone
to
maintain
as
classroom
teacher
people-to-teacher
ratios
and
this
year
we
can't
do
it
anymore.
R
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
just
had
a
question
about
who
I
might
contact
at
ASD
about
a
collaboration
that
I've
been
talking
to
with
the
military,
specifically
as
it
relates
to
vocational
training
for
a
program
that
they
may
like
to
sponsor
and
be
involved
with,
sharing,
or
even
maybe,
covering
the
costs
they're
having
the
same
type
of
issue
recruiting
teachers
into
Early,
Education
and
they'd
like
to
partner
with
ASD
and
I'd
like
to
know,
if
there's
a
specific
department
or
person
that
I
should
talk
to
about
these
efforts.
K
R
A
Okay,
I,
don't
see
anyone
else
in
the
queue.
Thank
you
Mr
Ratliff,
for
the
presentation,
and
we
will
be
coming
back
to
some
of
these
issues
when
we
get
to
item
G4
advocacy
Partnerships
to
increase
the
BSA.
Thank
you.
A
So
we
do
not
have
any
items
under
E
capital
Improvement
needs
under
F,
comprehensive,
planned
land
use
matters.
We
do
not
have
any
items
and
then
under
G
other
matters
of
mutual
concern.
The
first
item-
safe
routes
to
schools,
working
group,
ASD
and
Moa.
I
Bellamy,
actually
I
thought
Mr
Cross
was
going
to
do
it's
but
I'll
start
and
then
whoever
else
wants
to
chip
in
I
see
that
Heather's
still
here,
but
we
did
meet
this
morning
and
we
had
a
several
really
good
discussions
and
some
actually
some
wonderful
handouts.
I
We
talked
basically
about
the
work
that
we've
done
on
two
sites
that
work
that
came
up
during
our
last
during
our
last
meeting,
as
well
as
comments
to
the
school
board
and
those
that
was
Beaver
place
and
Ocean
View.
Those
sites
have
been,
they
are
deemed
safe
and
there
have
been
some
adjustments
made
so
that
those
two
two
sites
are
are
now
well
fake,
considered
state
after
analysis,
we
talked
about
some
funding
opportunities.
I
We
talked
about
projects,
the
the
ASD
schools
and
the
evaluations
that
are
done
by
the
muni
and
the
status
of
what
those
projects
look
like
I,
don't
know.
Heather,
do
you
want
to
add
anything
else?
I
don't
want
to
put
you
on
the
spot
could
come
right
ahead
on
Mr
Cross.
If
you
can
hear
us-
and
you
want
to
clarify
or
chime
in,
please
do
so
yeah.
E
Okay,
so
we
did
also
talk
about
adding
some
times
in
that
we're
going
to
do
either
teams
or
some
kind
of
Zoom,
so
that
we
have
more
discussion
time
to
talk
about
the
aspects
of
the
funding
and
the
differences
of
what
we
can
do
in
the
school
zones
and
the
walking
areas
and
the
assembly
had
some
great
information
about
some
legislation,
change
that
they're
bringing
up
about
raised
crosswalks
in
school
zones
and
safe
walking
areas.
So
those
are
two
things
that
I
just
thought
would
be
a
good
add
to
this.
Oh
thank
you.
A
C
P
C
Plans
that
they're
working
on
we're
moving
forward
to
funding,
which
is
why
we're
increasing
the
frequency
of
the
meetings
And
in
regards
to
the
AO
or
the
code
change.
Yes,
it
is
looking
at
doing
raised
crosswalks
in
specific
areas
and
those
where
we
increase
the
design
standard
in
those
areas
identified
the
the
most
prominent,
so
there's
been
a
little
slow
going
as
we
accumulate
data,
but
now
that
we've
got
past
the
data
phase,
when
we
get
into
funding
it
should
be
accelerating
in
our
efforts.
Well,
thank
you.
C
A
You
thank
you
Mr
Cross
and
thanks
to
all
of
the
members
on
the
school
board
and
the
assembly
and
the
administration
for
your
work
on
this
really
important
issue.
This
is
something
that
has
come
up
pretty
much
at
every
meeting
in
terms
of
concerns
about
walking
routes
and
student
safety.
So
thanks
everyone
for
your
work,
it's
great
to
see
this
progress
being
made.
Mr
Peterson.
P
Thank
you.
Madam
chair
I
was
wondering
you
know.
We've
had
an
unusual
amount
of
snow
this
year,
and
so
it's
made
it
very
challenging
for
some
students
who
live
close
to
schools
who
walk
to
school
I'm
wondering
if
do
we
know
do
we
have
kept
statistics
as
to
how
many
students
didn't
make
it
to
class
this
year
or
because
they
didn't
feel
it
was
safe
to
walk
or
their
parents
didn't
feel
it
was
safe
to
have
them
walking
I.
K
P
C
Thank
you
yeah.
Regarding
Mr
Peterson's
comment.
We
did.
You
know
that
that
information
is
a
little
hard
to
obtain
because
it
depends
on
the
reporting
of
the
parents,
so
we
did
discuss
it.
The
safe
routes
to
schools
meeting
you
know
a
lot
of
that
was
basically
Complicated
by
the
school
bus
shortage
and
then
and
then
the
significance
of
snow
and
so
what
we,
what
we
got
hit
was
we
just
got
hit
from
all
different
angles
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
Unfortunately,
a
lot
of
those
situations
have
resolved
themselves.
C
Now
that
we're
back
to
you
know
adequate
Transportation,
adequate
busing,
you
know
extra
funding
from
the
assembly
in
order
to
deal
with
the
the
snow
load,
and
so
we've
we've
been
able
to
resolve
a
lot
of
those
issues,
and
so
it's
more
business
as
usual.
We
still
have
challenges,
there's
still
areas
we've
identified
as
having
snow
removal
issues,
just
as
we
run
into
capacity
but
yeah
that
that
metric
as
far
as
how
many
pairs
it
would
be
individual
reporting,
I,
don't
know
if
we'll
be
able
to
obtain
that.
C
But
I
will
tell
you
that
you
know
what
happened
in
the
beginning
of
the
year
was
just
a
really
unusual
circumstance,
and
so
that's
part
of
what
drove
the
safe
route
to
school
initiative
is
understanding.
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
prepare
for
this,
because
inevitably
we
may
be
seeing
something
like
that
again
in
the
future.
So
thank
you.
N
I,
don't
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
school
board,
but
as
a
member
of
the
school
board,
something
that
I've
been
concerned
with
for
some
time
is
the
problem
of
chronic
absenteeism,
and
you
know,
I,
think
a
question
of
how
much
chronic
absenteeism
has
been
exacerbated
by
snow
days
is
maybe
a
part
of
that
larger
problem.
But
it's
a
nationwide
problem.
N
There
was
an
or
a
piece,
and
all
things
considered
yesterday
on
chronic
absenteeism,
it's
sort
of
double
this
year
from
what
it
had
been
prior
to
covid,
and
so
it
would
be
interesting.
It
could
be
interesting
for
the
board
and
administration
and
assembly
to
figure
out
ways
to
possibly
partner
to
better
communicate
with
families
build
relationships.
Maybe
have
more
people
knocking
on
doors,
to
figure
out
why
kids
aren't
getting
the
school.
So
that
might
be
something
to
talk
about
down
the
road.
A
O
I
did
yeah
thank
you
for
getting
it
on
the
agenda
and
just
as
background,
probably
four
years
ago,
I
was
talking
with
then
superintendent
Dr
Dina
Bishop
about
ways
that
we
could
improve
both
at
a
diverse
attendance
in
Charter
and
Lottery
schools,
just
sort
of
as
a
neighborhood
example
for
me.
I
live
in
turn
again
a
lot
of
my
upper
middle
class
friends.
O
Not
a
lot
of
all
of
them
who
live
in
my
neighborhood
do
not
go
to
turn
again
Elementary.
They
use
the
lottery
system.
They
go
to
aquarium
mostly
or
chugash
optional
for
elementary
and
those
schools.
You
know
Aquarian,
for
instance,
does
not
offer
lunch
or
breakfast
and
so
and
does
not
offer
busing
as
I
understand
it,
and
so
really
you
can
only
go
to
that
school.
O
If
you
have
parents
who
have
really
flexible
schedules,
and
certainly
if
you're
you
know,
Mom
or
Dad
is
working
two
jobs
and
not
in
sort
of
a
higher
management
job,
probably
very
unable
to
drive
you
to
school.
So
to
me,
I
think
we
have
a
real
problem
in
our
schools
and
I'm.
Obviously
not
the
first
person
to
bring
it
up.
I
know
that
we're
all
aware
that
this
is
a
problem
and
when
I
was
talking
with
Dino
talking
about
you
know,
brainstorming
ways,
and
particularly
under
the
budget
constraints
you
all
are
in.
O
O
Now
that's
not
going
to
solve
the
problem,
because
it's
not
going
to
get
the
kids
there
necessarily,
but
we
know
that
if
you
don't
provide
that
it
automatically
excludes
a
population
of
kids
and
I
think
for
Society
what
we're
seeing
is
Rich
or
getting
richer
and
poorer
getting
poorer
and
the
more
that
we
drain
kids
from
the
neighborhood
schools
and
put
them
in
these.
You
know:
white,
wealthy
environments.
O
The
further
that
divide
gets
so
I've
been
really
sad,
watching
the
trajectory
of
Anchorage
schools
and
and
I,
don't
I
think
the
schools
are
good
quality,
so
I'm
not
trying
to
be
overly
critical,
but
I
think
that
the
Charter
system
is
is
failing
in
a
lot
of
ways,
and
so
anyway,
I've
been
sore
heartburn
on
this
for
years,
but
I'm
wondering
recognizing
the
budget
constraints
that
we're
in
and
how
frustrating.
K
Sure
I'd
be
happy
to
provide
some
high
level
thoughts.
I
think
you
and
I
share
the
same
sentiment
that
those
exact
issues
such
as
access
to
food
and
transportation
are
a
huge
driver
for
the
the
the
demographics
that
we
currently
have
in
charter.
Schools
and
I
would
say
even
Beyond,
just
Charter,
Schools
I
know
I,
see
guardrail
one
on
the
agenda,
but
really
schools
of
choice
in
general,
so
I
think
those
are
our
best
levers
to
to
really
make
a
dent
SharePoint
even
beyond
the
budget.
K
I
am
very
wary
about
the
transportation
situation,
because
the
last
thing
anybody
in
the
community
would
want
would
be
to
have
another
busing
crisis.
So
we've
implemented
some
changes,
such
as
raising
the
wages
and
thinking
about
ways
to
provide
summer
jobs
for
bus
drivers,
so
they
never
go
to
the
tourism
industry
or
other
providers
for
the
summer,
so
they
stay
with
ASD.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
exciting
things
in
the
works.
So
I
want
to
see
how
well
that
can
work
with
the
population
that
we
have
so
that
way.
K
Perhaps
in
future
years
we
can
get
to
a
place
to
where
we
can
comfortably
offer.
Transportation
I
truly
do
think.
That's
the
number
one
thing
that
we
can
do
to
offer
access,
but
it's
going
to
take
some
time,
especially
given
the
large
geography
of
ASD
of
thousands
of
miles
to
really
create
policies
and
structures
that
are
sensible
and
accessible
for
students
and
families.
So
that's
why
transportation
isn't
something
that
we've
recommended
off
the
bat
for
next
school
year,
but
a
superintendent?
K
It's
something
that
I
truly
believe
would
be
a
huge
driver
in
addition
to
the
the
food
and
nutrition
yeah.
So
I
do
think
that
you
bring
up
an
interesting
suggestion
when
it
comes
to
the
the
charter
itself.
I'm,
not
aware
of
that
conversation
happening
in
the
past,
but
I'm
interested
in
looking
further
into
that,
because
perhaps
that's
a
lever
to
provide
something
to
encourage
the
apcs
to
do
something
to
really
ensure
that
we
have
diversity
in
our
rosters
there
and
then.
K
In
addition,
the
district's
focus
is
on
getting
more
applicants
of
color
to
these
schools
and
making
sure
that
families
and
students
are
aware
of
all
the
great
benefits
of
these
different
options.
So
they
can
choose
the
option,
that's
best
for
them
and
their
circumstances.
So
we've
really
ramped
up
a
lot
of
our
external
Outreach
and
I
think
we
can
even
take
it
to
the
next
level.
K
I
think
there
might
be
some
things
that
we
can
look
at
with
regards
to
the
lottery
system
in
general.
I'll,
stop
talking!
That's
my
TED
talk,
but
I'll
ask
the
staff,
if
there's
anything
that
you'd
like
to
add
that
we're
doing
that,
could
really
move
the
needle
on
this.
You.
Q
The
one
space
of
rickishaw
was
maybe
four
by
eight
four
by
nine,
where
they're
storing
basketballs,
so
it
it.
In
theory,
it
would
be
great
to
be
able
to
provide
food,
but
the
national
school
lunch
program
and
the
Municipality
of
Anchorage.
Q
There
would
be
nothing
for
them
to
inspect,
to
be
able
to
make
it
a
certified
kitchen,
because
there's
there's
simply
no
space
and
for
many
of
these
schools
they
were
designed
without
kitchens.
So
it's
very
problematic.
The
last
time
we
looked
at
Winterberry,
we
were
working
with
one
of
the
local
organizations
and
they
were
going
to
charge
just
under
eight
dollars
per
lunch
per
child,
which
is
significantly
more
than
than
we
would
get
reimbursed
and
and
because
of
the
national
school
lunch
program
rules
we
would
have
had
to
just
eat
those
costs.
Q
So
food
is
certainly
problematic
unless
we
were
too
close,
more
elementary
schools
and
or
or
other
schools
and
schools
were
available
for
Charters
to
move
into.
That
would
certainly
change
things
if
there
was
a
kitchen,
but
the
very
first
thing
you
have
to
have
is
a
kitchen
to
be
able
to
serve
food
and
unfortunately
many
schools
and-
and
you
can
look
at
them-
we
only
have
one
charter
school.
Q
Currently,
that's
part
of
the
nslp
and
that's
anccs,
and
they
have
been
for
years
because
when
they
leased
a
facility,
they
ensured
that
a
kitchen
was
part
of
it.
Q
So
it
really
goes
to
the
very
beginning
of
the
formation
of
a
charter
school
and
their
intentions
as
to
what
they'll
be
able
to
apply
as
to
what
the
facility
that
they
occupy
is
is
able
to
support
and
that
that's
a
challenge
when
it
comes
to
Transportation
we're
upgrading
our
routing
software,
we'll
be
implementing
a
GPS
tracking
system
to
look
if
we
can
get
more
efficiencies
in
our
routing
over
the
next
year.
Q
But
what
we
don't
know
is,
even
though
we
increased
bus
driver
salaries
significantly,
we
know
that
the
tourist
industry
can
spend
on
a
dime,
as
we
saw
last
fall,
where
some
of
them
offered
ten
thousand
dollar
bonuses
to
stay
through
the
end
of
tourist
season,
and
now
that's
gone
all
the
way
into
the
month
of
October.
Q
We
don't
know
what
the
impact
of
that
is
any
more
than
the
municipality
knows
how
many
plow
drivers
will
be
still
driving
buses
right,
so
we're
both
in
that
exact
same
boat
as
to
being
uncomfortable
over
promising
on
transportation
to
Charter
Schools
next
year.
Until
we
see
how
this
plays
out.
O
O
There
certainly
are
practical
challenges:
we're
really
good
at
identifying
all
the
reasons
we
can't
do
things
and
I
don't
mean
that
just
to
you
I
mean
all
of
us
right
and
I
guarantee
those
parents
you
take
Aquarian,
you
tell
them,
they
have
to
serve
breakfast
and
lunch
or
they
can't
have
their
school
operate
and
they
will
find
a
way
to
do
it.
They
would
probably
love
to
partner
with
you
to
do
it.
O
I
I
know
that
that's
not
always
the
solution,
but
I
think
we
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
this.
Basically,
this
has
been
the
same
conversation
since
I've,
been
here
for
years.
I'm
sure
it
was
brought
up
before
then
so.
I
just
hope
that
we
continue
to
make
progress,
because
it's
our
poor
and
vulnerable
kids
who
are
missing
out.
I
A
comment-
maybe
two,
you
know
in
margol's
world.
If
everything
was
Equitable
accessible,
we
would
be
operating
from
a
student
Choice
lens.
We
would
make
sure
kids
had
access
to
where
they
want
to
go,
but
we
also
know
that
parents,
when
parents
make
the
choice
to
send
their,
we
have
given
parents
lots
of
choices,
and
that
is
the
hard
part
of
I
mean
it's
not
hard
to
give
parents
choices.
But
you
know
when
we
we
get
people
used
to
a
certain
program,
a
certain
way,
a
certain
identification,
and
it's
always
it's
difficult.
I
It's
difficult
to
to.
As
with
this
last
budget
process,
we
want
to
give
everybody
everything
they
want
and
we've
got
to
that.
The
choices
are
going
to
be
very
hard.
We
can't
continue
to
give
everybody
what
they
want,
but
I
would
like
to
provide
some
framework
for
students
in
consult
with
their
parents
can
choose
where
the
program
they
want
to
go
to
and
be
able
to
get
there
without
having
to
have
parent
Transportation
right.
I
So
I
know
that
that
is
in
my
world
and
I
know
that
that's
not
practical
right
now,
but
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
that
and
so
part
of
I
think
one
of
the
things
going
back
to
what
the
district
is
doing.
I
mean
we
had
a
special
schools,
fair
I
forget
what
I
don't
think
they
call
this
special
schools
fair,
but
we
had
an
event
here
at
the
Ed
Center
that
was
open
to
all
of
the
community,
because
one
of
the
barriers
is
people
just
don't
know
they
don't
see.
I
That
Aquarian
is
for
my
kid
it's
for
somebody
else's
kid,
and
so
we've
got
to
break
down
the
whatever
that
imaginary
or
real
barrier
is
where
people
don't
see
those
schools
for
themselves
and
for
their
kids.
I
I
am
a
neighborhood
School
Mom
I
wanted
my
kids
to
go
to
their
neighborhood
school,
so
anything
outside
of
that
when
they
were
in
elementary
school
was
not
even
a
thought
for
me,
but
when
they
got
into
middle
school
and
high
school,
then
I
started
thinking
about
whether
or
not
what
would
be
the
the
right
place
for
them,
and
so
so
we
we
still
have
work
to
do.
I
think
we're
operating
like
we've
operated
over
the
years
and
I
think
now
that
we
are
challenged
financially.
I
We've
actually
got
to
change
and
redesign
how
we
deliver
services
to
our
kids
and
our
families
and
I
think
this
the
whole
way
that
we
that
we
provide
Choice
probably
has
to
have
a
deeper
discussion
together.
A
S
Yeah,
thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
wanted
to
thank
member
Quinn
Davidson
for
the
the
question
and
the
observation
regarding
our
current
Administration,
making
this
a
priority
and
having
a
vision
for
how
we
can
get
there,
maybe
just
not
with
a
a
finite
end
date.
S
At
this
point,
I've
had
the
same
observation,
one
of
the
frustrations
I've
had
since
joining
the
board
is
you
know
we
started
in
a
place
where
we
couldn't
even
acknowledge
that
Transportation
was
a
barrier
initially
and
I
I,
don't
see
the
tenor
from
Administration
has
changed
and
I'm
grateful
for
that.
I
continue
to
see
this
as
a
priority
for
us
and
I'm
glad
it
is
a
guard,
rail
and
so
I
will
continue.
S
Pushing
Administration
and
I've
I've
talked
with
Mr
Anderson
and
Dr
Bryant's
multiple
times
about
this
issue
just
even
this
year,
and
so
please
continue
holding
us
accountable.
Please
keep
asking
this
question
because
this
issue
cannot
be
allowed
to
fade
into
the
background.
We
have
to
get
this
done
regardless
as
to
what
Juno
decides
to
do
with
funding
our
kids
deserve
it.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you.
This
is
maybe
a
technical
question.
The
family
enter
uses
the
lottery
program,
the
Lottery
application
process,
which
is
open
right
now
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
Are
they
ever
confronted
with
additional
I?
Don't
know,
follow-up
questionnaires
or
I
would
call
them
hurdles
or
Hoops
to
jump
through
to
apply
to
a
certain
school.
N
K
A
great
question:
Mr
Gustafson:
do
you
have
a
response.
T
Yeah
through
the
chair
member
lessons,
we
there
isn't
any
other
application
piece
or
anything
once
you
put
in
for
a
lottery
for
any
specific
program
or
multiple
programs.
You
are
in
the
lottery
now.
One
thing
that
we
do
have
is
we
have
wait
lists
and
those
wait
lists
are
static
so
that
whenever
a
person
say
they
put
their
kiddo
into,
they
do
a
a
Lottery
application
and
don't
get
in
and
they're,
maybe
number
56
for
a
specific
program
and
the
next
year
they
might
be
number
40
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
T
So
those
those
wait
lists,
don't
change,
they're
static
and
then,
as
new
people
come
on
board,
they
they
get
added
to
that
wait
list.
So
we
have
some
schools
that
have
600
kids
on
a
wait
list
right
now.
So
as
we're
when
we're
looking
through
our
data
through
guardrail
number
one
we're
looking
at
applicants
right
now
and
we're
really
trying
to
build
up
that
applicant
pool
for
with
kids
that
are
underserved.
T
We
just
now
have
our
our
Baseline
data
for
guardrail,
one
that
we
got
for
this
this
school
year
and
in
Fall
of
23.
We
will
have
be
able
to
compare
what
we've
done
this
year
with
with
our
Expo
and
going
to
the
lucac
library
for
theirs
and
having
our
prayer
nights
for
immersion
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
we'll
be
able
to
look
and
see
if
the
applications
of
kids
that
are
underserved.
If
we're
making
any
Headway
there,
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
just
looking
at
our
specific
Baseline.
T
We
have
a
number
of
groups
that
are
very
low
representation.
The
the
highest
or
the
least
represented
group
is
our
Pacific
Islander
Group
by
far
from
anybody
anywhere
else.
So
we
need
to
we're
just
being
able
to
now
start
developing
those
plans
to
get
out
to
get
more
applications
and
and
I
do
believe,
we're
going
to
have
to
look
at
our
Lottery
system
and
see
what
we
can
do
and
possibly
get
more
of
our
neighborhood
kids
into
some
of
the
lottery
programs.
I
That's
actually
part
of
what
the
the
discussion
we
just
had
is
guardrail,
one,
that
the
superintendent
will
not
operate
our
app
application,
special
and
application-based
schools
or
Lottery
and
application-based
schools
without
addressing
underrepresentation.
So
that
is
our
guardrail
number
one.
I
So
in
in
achieving
our
goals,
our
three
goals,
our
reading
proficiency,
math
proficiency
and
Life
College
and
Career
Readiness.
The
superintendent
will
not
allow
underrepresentation
in
any
of
our
schools,
especially
those
special
in
charter
schools.
So
that's
our
part
of
our
what
what's
important
for
the
board,
and
that
is
where
we
will
continue
to
put
resource
and
work
with
the
superintendent
to
ensure
that
students
have
access
to
all
of
our
programs
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you
wanted
to
add
anything
else:
Dr
Brian,
I.
K
Think
I
shared
the
the
bulk
of
my
comments
previously,
but
I
I
do
want
to
share
with
the
ASD
board
that
will
provide
an
update
on
guard
Row,
one
for
your
review
and
feedback
I
believe
next
Friday
great.
I
So
yes,
thank
you
this
of
course,
member
lessons
actually
I'm
gonna.
Let
her
speak
to
this
in
a
minute,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
the
assembly
for
the
resolution
and
the
partnership.
I
mean
really
I,
don't
know.
I
I,
don't
know
that
I've
witnessed
the
kind
of
support
that
this
board
has
gotten
from
the
assembly.
I
It
I
mean
we've
been
Partners,
but
not
in
the
same,
in
the
same
way
that
we
are
Partners
now
and
I
am
appreciative
of
that.
So
member
lessons
I'll,
give
you
the
opportunity
to
talk
and
then
we'll
come
back
to,
hopefully
getting
those
of
you
who
are
here
getting
you
to
sign
this
joint
and
I'll.
Read
it
for
the
record,
but
getting
getting
you
to
sign
this
before
you
leave.
Remember
lessons.
N
Great
well
I
think
this
is
a
really
wonderful
partnership
but
I'm
not
going
to
take
a
whole
lot
of
credit
for
it
back
in
Juneau,
a
few
weeks
ago,
aasb
Alaskan
association,
association
of
school
board
members
gathered
and
an
inviters
invited
speaker
came
up
from
Washington
State
to
talk
to
members
about
the
importance
of
advocacy,
and
one
of
her
points
was
to
look
for
your
partners,
and
the
thought
bubble
was.
Oh,
the
assembly
is
a
great
partner.
N
How
can
they
partner
with
us
to
help
advocate
for
the
BSA
and
member
Jacobs
and
I
were
in
a
conversation,
and
he
was
aware
that
a
few
weeks
prior
the
assembly
had
prepared
priorities,
a
legislative
priorities
packet
and
there
it
was.
You
were
already
spot
on
and
supportive
of
increasing
the
BSA,
and
so
the
next
step
was
then
to
Simply
ask
for
a
former
partnership
with
respect
to
an
inflation-proof,
BSA
increase
which
is
going
to
serve
our
entire
Community.
N
It
will
promote
job
retention,
recruitment
it'll,
help
be
an
economic
driver
of
the
future
and
it's
going
to
help
serve
our
students
needs
when
we
really
think
about
or
class
sizes
and
and
all
of
the
supports
that
our
students
need
so
I.
Thank
you
for
that
enthusiastic
partnership,
but
I
was
happy
to
collaborate.
N
I
So
do
you
want
me
to
read
it
for
the
record
so
for
the
record:
Friday
March
3rd
2023
to
The
Honorable,
Representatives,
Ortiz,
diebert,
Carrick,
shruggy
Armstrong
and
him
shoot?
Thank
you
for
your
co-sponsorship
of
house
bill
65..
It's
1250
adjustment
to
the
BSA,
it's
very
closely
aligned
with
the
needs
of
the
Anchorage
School
District,
which
has
calculated
that
an
inflation-proof
BSA
for
fy24
would
need
to
increase
by
12
168
dollars
to
7228
dollars.
Currently,
ASD
has
80
million
less
in
purchasing
power
than
it
did
during
the
2016-17
school
year.
I
This
is
due
to
seven
years
of
unchanged
BSA,
declining
enrollment
and
inflationary
drivers.
Although
ASD
has
closed,
schools
generated
new
revenue
streams,
promoted
a
variety
of
efficiencies
and
relied
on
one-time
funding
to
maintain
programs,
services
and
Staffing.
It's
fy24
budget
is
Reliant
heavily
on
remaining
Federal
relief
funds
and
fund
balance
in
in
order
to
balance
next
year's
68
million
structural
deficit.
I
Without
any
adjustments
to
the
BSA
ASD,
structural
deficits
will
increase
to
78
to
85
million
during
the
fy25
school
year,
91
to
105
million
for
FY,
26
and
104
to
125
million
during
FY
27..
I
Both
asdn
and
Municipality
of
Anchorage
have
prioritized
an
increase
to
the
BSA
as
well
as
inflation-proofing
the
BSA
as
shared
as
shared
legislative
priorities.
For
this
current
session,
our
bodies
recognize
that
prioritizing
and
investing
in
public
education
is
critical
to
our
Student
Success
and
a
thriving
Community.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
that
future,
and
so
there
is
room
for
everyone
to
sign
I've
already
signed,
and
we
will
so
we'll
pass
it
around,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
your
partnership
and
continued
support.
A
Thank
you,
president
Bellamy,
and
we
have
some
members
who
are
not
here
who
have
interest
in
signing
the
letters.
So
we
may
want
to
talk
offline,
how
we
can
do
that.
Go
ahead.
Miss,
Quinn,
Davidson.
G
A
And
I
want
to
mention
that
resolution
number
AR
2023-57
is
the
resolution
that
the
assem,
the
assembly
unanimously
approved
at
the
meeting
of
February
21
2023
and
just
the
title
of
that
resolution.
A
resolution
of
the
Anchorage
Municipal
assembly
supporting
inflation
proofing,
the
base
student
allocation
and
urging
state
legislators
to
support
legislation
to
forward
fund
and
increase
the
BSA
to
adjust
school
funding
for
inflation,
and
that
resolution
has
been
posted
with
with
today's
meeting
materials.
It
can
also
be
found
if
you
go
to
muni.org
assembly
and
search
for
prior
legislation.
N
Thank
you,
I
just
wanted
to,
for
the
record
say
that
that
indeed
those
those
individuals
are
on
the
house
side,
there
is
a
similar
bill
on
the
from
the
Senate
education
committee,
so
deeply
appreciative
of
that
one.
This
one
happens
to
be
a
little
more
closely
aligned
to
the
scope
and
scale
of
asb's
need.
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
wanted
to
Echo
appreciation
for
the
the
passage
of
the
resolution
and
already
incorporating
this
need
into
the
municipal
legislative
priorities.
Just
more
broadly
on
the
topic
of
advocacy.
You
know
there
was
some
discussion
earlier
about.
Is
there
other
things
that
could
be
done?
What
the
board
is
doing,
I
think
with
some
success,
is
leveraging
personal
networks
and
connections
to
encourage
advocacy
by
the
broader
public
to
legislators.
S
You
may
see
that
as
well,
potentially
during
visits
when
we
bring
our
students
to
the
the
capital,
they
are
typically
much
warmer
more
much
more
warmly
received
than
we
are
in
some
offices
and
so
to
the
extent
that
members
of
the
assembly
so
choose
and
can
engage
their
their
networks
to
encourage
elected
officials
to
take
action
in
Juneau.
S
That
I
think
is
a
real
intangible
step
that
can
be
taken
and
if,
if
we're
going
to
pass
meaningful
legislation
this
session
before
the
House
and
Senate
gavel
out,
I
think
that's
what
it
will
take.
Member
lessons
alluded
to
comments
regarding
the
Need
For
Education
funding
is
Hocus.
Pocus
that
member
you
know,
resides
in
South,
Anchorage,
I
believe
I
think
he
needs
to
hear
from
constituents.
That's
they
don't
necessarily
agree.
S
If
that's
the
case,
there
are
other
members
who
feel
like
increased
accountability
is
necessary
and
that
the
current
accountability
levers,
the
state
and
local
being
disciple.
Governments
have
isn't
sufficient
and
so
hearing
from
constituents
about
what
they
value
in
public
education.
What
their
vision
is
for
how
schools
should
be
operated
is
is
going
to
be
critical,
our
voice,
you
know,
collectively
we
have.
You
know
two
dozen
folks
who
gathered
around
the
table
digitally
or
in
person.
S
A
N
Thank
you,
I
think
I
wanted
to
just
share
my
deep
concern
that
there
are
legislators
who
are
envisioning
discussions
about
a
BSA
increase
as
a
two-year
process
and
I.
Don't
think
we
have
two
years.
N
If
you
look
at
some
of
our
schools
right
now,
you're
going
to
see
an
enormous
bell
curve
of
classroom
sizes
based
on
January
data
that
we
received,
we
have
25
percent
of
our
Elementary
School
classrooms.
You
know
exceed
25
students
per
class.
There
are
37
classrooms
with
more
than
30
students
per
class.
N
If
you
look
at
the
state
of
some
of
our
schools
following
the
snowpocalypse,
their
roofs
are
leaking.
They've
had
to
move
desks
around
and
use
half
of
the
classroom
space
to
dodge
the
buckets
and
that
changes
the
instructional
quality,
and
where
does
the
money
come
from
to
repair
those
roofs
and
those
ceilings
so
that
they
can
have
a
functioning
classroom
as
soon
as
possible
a
year
in
the
life
of
a
child
is
an
enormous
amount
of
time.
N
If
you
think
about
the
growth
that
a
kindergartener
experiences
into
first
grade-
that's
that's
20
of
their
life
right,
so
I,
don't
think
we
have
two
years
to
make
these
kinds
of
changes,
because
the
scope-
we've
emptied
the
piggy
bank
this
year
to
balance
of
FY
24
budget,
and
we
don't
have
any
more
Federal
relief
funds
or
state
one-time
funds
for
a
fund
balance
that
we
can
spend
down
any
further
for
fy25.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
there
were
several
of
us
who
traveled
to
Juno.
Last
week's
there
were
Vista
France
and
Miss
Quinn,
Davis
and
I
and
and
other
assembly
members
were
down
advocating
for
some
of
our
priorities
and
one
of
those
was
an
increase
in
the
BSA
and
I'll
have
to
tell
you
I've
spent
a
little
time
in
Juneau
over
the
years
and
I
I.
P
Don't
remember
an
increase
in
the
BSA
being
quite
as
prevalent
in
in
previous
times
when
I
was
in
the
legislature
or
in
the
in
the
10
years
in
the
interim.
I
actually
think
there
is
a
a
will
among
a
number
of
legislative
legislators
this
year
to
actually
get
a
BSA
increase
passed.
P
What
that
number
will
be
is
the
sticking
point,
because
the
higher
the
BSA
increase
goes,
the
lower
the
PFD
goes,
and
so
I
think
we
we
can
expect
that
that
will
probably
go
down
to
the
very
last
day
of
of
session
before
they
come
up
to
the
the
final
number
and
and
hopefully
it
will
be
enough
of
an
increase
to
fill
the
the
Gap
that
we
have.
Thank
you
thank.
A
You
Mr
Peterson
I,
put
myself
in
the
queue
member
lessons
you
referred
to
the
comment
about
two
years
and
when
I
saw
that
that
just
kind
of
blew
my
mind,
because
you
know
all
this
conversation
that
we
have
had
now
for
a
few
years
about
the
fiscal
cliff
and
how
clear
it
is
that
flat
funding
is
a
funding
cut,
and
you
know
where
we
are
right.
Now.
It's
a
question
of
values,
it's
a
question
of
choices
and
do
we
value
a
quality
education
for
our
children?
A
I
mean
this
is
a
major
Community
issue
and
I
agree.
We
need
to
Rally
together
to
help
legislators
understand
that
we
don't
have
two
years
and
cuts
have
been
made.
As
you
know,
in
Prior
meetings
we
have
discussed
and
gone
through
in
great
detail
and
there
have
been
efficiencies
and
additional
Revenue
sources
identified
as
well
and
at
this
point,
I
think
that
there's
some
serious
soul-searching
that
needs
to
happen
I
mean
do
we
care
about
the
quality
of
the
education
of
our
children?
Do
we
care
about
their
future?
A
A
Quality
of
schools
is
a
big
piece
of
it,
and
I
am
really
grateful
to
all
of
you
for
leading
this
effort
to
work
together
to
Advocate.
It's
so
so
important
I
mean
we
all
know
how
important
it
is
here
we
are,
you
know
talking
about
it
and
I
wish.
There
was
Hocus
Pocus
in
the
sense
that
yeah
I
wish
that
you
know
you
could
wave
a
wand,
and
you
know
not
only
are
your
schools
funded,
we,
your
staffing
needs,
are
met
and
transportation
is
available
to
Charter
and
optional
schools.
A
So
thank
you
for
what
you're
doing
and
I'm
happy
to
work
with
you
to
advocate
in
this
is
such
an
important
issue,
especially
at
this
moment.
So
thank
you.
Anyone
else
in
the
queue.
A
I
Okay,
so
we
have
we'll
start
with
members
online
and
I'm
going
to
go
in
the
order
of
my
screen.
S
Yeah,
thank
you.
Madam
chair
I
was
scrambling
to
look
at
my
calendar
really
quick.
This
might
be
our
last
joint
meeting
before
the
upcoming
municipal
election,
which
means
this
might
be
our
last
joint
meeting
with
a
couple
members
of
the
the
assembly,
and
so
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
members,
Quinn
Davidson,
member
Peterson
and
I'm.
S
Sorry
I
think
there's
one
more
and
I
I
stepped
I
stepped
aside,
and
so,
where
I
know,
there's
going
to
be
significant
turnover
on
the
Anchorage
assembly
and
Miss
La
France
there
it
is
so
I
know
the
body
will
see
significant
turnover.
So
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
that
thank
each
of
you
for
your
service
and
your
advocacy
of
public
education.
S
You
folks
will
be
missed
at
these
meetings
and
so
I
wanted
to
honor.
That
also
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
thank
staff
for
the
the
detailed
presentation
today
and
everything
that
you
were
doing
to
make
public
education
happen
in
a
really
challenging
environment.
I'll
leave
it
there.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
C
Yes,
thank
you,
and
you
know
just
to
add
to
that
I
do
realize
the
assembly
will
have
a
will,
take
different
shape
of
we
don't
know
what
that'll
look
like
in
April,
but
you
know
my
my
intention
is
to
continue
promoting.
C
You
know
expanding
our
BSA
and
getting
additional
funding
as
well
as
opportunities.
We
can
as
an
assembly
to
encourage
parental
involvement
in
education,
which,
which
is
unfortunately
really
low,
and
you
know
Austin
Quinn
Davidson
right
now,
with
her
AO
to
for
Parental,
leave
and
different
things
that
we're
working
on.
You
know,
there's
there's
things
other
than
money.
C
We
can
do
to
help
contribute
to
the
children's
education,
and
it
is
my
intention
to
continue
that
torch
and
I've
been
very
thankful
to
work
with
our
current
assembly
on
those
on
these
items.
So
thank
you.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Member
Donnelly.
U
And
thank
you,
madam
president,
in
addition
to
our
collaboration
seeking
an
increase
to
the
BSA
I,
also
appreciate
the
collaboration
between
the
assembly
and
the
school
district
over
changes
that
are
really
needed
to
the
funding
formula
for
schools
by
the
state
that
includes
an
updated,
District
cost
differential
study.
We
need
to
continue
to
push
really
hard
for
that,
because
the
current
one
is
very
unfair
to
Anchorage
taxpayers
and
also
other
reforms
such
as
acknowledging
that
transportation
is
a
pretty
much
a
fundamental
cost
of
delivering
the
service.
U
Educational
Services
in
a
metropolitan
area
and
I
think
we
should
seek
teaming
up
with
our
our
our
the
folks
in
Fairbanks
and
Juno
and
Matsu
and
Kenai
the
big
five
school
districts
to
seek
additions
to
the
current
state
formula.
That
acknowledges
that
should
just
be
a
fundamental
cost
of
doing
business
for
school
districts.
That
would
help
free
up
funds
to
address
some
of
the
equity
issues
with
Charter
Schools.
Also
so
I
I
look
forward
to
continuing
this
collaboration
and
expanding
it
into
areas
that
would
be
very
beneficial
for
Anchorage
taxpayers.
I
Thank
you.
Let's
see,
Mr
salt.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
great
meeting.
As
usual,
I
I
agree.
There's
a
lot
of
changes
coming
I
know
we'll
hear
from
Mr
Davidsons
La
France
having
children
pending
and
in
the
school
district,
but
I
think
the
Silver
Lining
is
I,
also
see
a
lot
of
alignment
here
between
the
assembly
and
the
school
board
and
I'm
sure
between
other
school
boards
and
to
me
alignment's
key,
get
all
the
flashlights
point
in
the
right
direction
and
we
can
move
mountains,
so
I
really
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
ASD.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
Miss
volatile,
some
Solitaire,
oh
looks
like
we
lost
her,
so
we'll
go
to
member
Wilson
online.
V
I
I
Oh
yeah
I'd
just
like
to
again
just
think
the
assembly,
those
of
you
who
are
going
to
be
having
like
a
life
of
leisure.
Now
we
do
appreciate
and
for
really
your
your
partnership,
your
service
to
the
community,
Suzanne
Austin
Pete.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
We
know
you're
not
going
to
go
away.
You'll
still
be
around
doing
stuff,
but
thank
you
and
we
look
forward
to
always
having
you
at
our
board
meetings.
Always
I
I
just
had
a
couple
of
things.
Thank
yous
again.
You
know
the
grant
that
the
assembly
approved
recently
for
the
board's
communication
resource.
That
was
amazing.
We
have
had,
as
you
know,
ample
reasons
to
use
that
service
and
we're
glad
that
you
were
able
to
do
that,
not
to
mention
the
help.
I
Those
things
don't
go
unnoticed.
We
may
not
share
them
every
single
time,
but
we
they
they
don't
go
unnoticed
and
we
are
thankful
for
those
and
again,
thank
you
for
your
partnership
with
the
advocacy
and,
if
there's
anything,
that
you
need
from
ASD,
you
know
we're
only
a
text
or
a
email
away,
even
when
you
into
your
life
of
leisure.
K
I'll
just
Echo
the
the
previous
comments.
We
want
to
thank
the
assembly
for
your
ongoing
partnership.
It
truly
makes
a
difference,
and
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do.
N
I
feel
like
I've,
already
spoken
quite
a
bit
this
meeting,
but
I
appreciate
one
last
opportunity.
I
just
want
to
underscore
that,
although
the
board
has
multiple
priorities,
we
talked
about
the
Three
B's,
the
BSA,
Bond
debt,
reimbursement
and
busing
I.
Think
we
all
need
to
focus
on
that
BSA
this
year.
That
needs
to
be
the
single-minded
consensus
item,
because
if
that
doesn't
change,
my
sense
is
that
our
options
last
year,
I
mean
next
year.
N
We're
going
to
the
only
options
we
will
have
will
involve
lowering
our
standards
and
that
is
going
to
have
negative
consequences
for
student
outcomes.
So
I
would
invite
everyone
to.
There
is
the
legislative
town
hall
on
Sunday
afternoon
at
the
Rasmussen
at
Rasmussen
Hall
at
UAA
and
I
will
be
there
wearing
red
to
support
education
and
I.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I've
always
been
a
pro-education
individual
I
I
come
from
a
family
of
teachers
on
my
mother's
side
of
the
family,
all
the
way
back
to
my
great
grandmother
who
graduated
from
Iowa
normal
school
in
1890
and
all
the
way
up
to
my
sister,
who
retired
from
ASD
here
after
20
years
about
five
years
ago
and
so
yeah
when
I
was
in
the
legislature,
I
was
pushing
for
BSA
increases
and
we
actually
did
get
a
hundred
dollar
increase
for
three
consecutive
years.
So
that
was
a
good
thing.
P
Unfortunately,
legislators
in
the
previous
in
the
last
decade
have
have
not
continued
in
with
those
increases
and
that's
why
we
find
ourselves
advocating
for
over
a
thousand
dollar
increase
or
over
twelve
hundred
dollar
increase
in
in
the
BSA
this
year,
and
as
there
are
all
four
of
us
assembly
members
who
are
present
in
person
today
will
will
not
be
in
at
the
next
meeting
between
the
assembly
and
the
school
board
three
months
from
now.
P
So
yes,
there
definitely
will
be
a
change
of
face
on
who's
who's
going
to
be
attending
these
meetings
from
from
the
assembly
in
the
future.
Anyway,
thank
you
and
and
continue
all
your
good
work
to
try
to
increase
and
improve
education
in
Anchorage,
because
that's
that's
how
a
person
can
can
move
themselves
from
the
lower
economic
status
that
they
may
have
started
on
and
end
up
being
a
successful
individual.
Thank
you,
foreign.
D
Yeah
I'm
just
gonna
Echo.
The
comments
already
made
about
doing
the
advocacy
work
in
Juneau.
My
Juno
trip
via
Wendy
Chamberlain
is
not
yet
specifically
dated
I'm
told
the
latter
half
of
March,
but
the
PSA
increase
is
definitely
going
to
be
a
priority
for
when
I
attend
and
when
I
I'm
able
to
speak
with
lawmakers
down
there.
I
don't
even
know
yet
exactly
what
the
other
priorities
are
going
to
be.
D
So
as
of
right
now,
it's
the
the
first
last
and
only
we
have
to
get
that
BSA
increase
it's
just
like
when
I
was
on
the
Board
of
Regents.
The
only
thing
that
mattered
was
what
that
check
from
the
state
looked
like,
because
that's
going
to
determine
things
like
vacancy
rate,
it
was
tough
to
articulate
to
stakeholders.
D
This
is
it.
This
is
the
thing
that
matters,
but
what
to
the
extent
that
we
have
a
benefit
from
that,
it's
that
it
gives
us
something
to
focus
on
something
to
I
like
member
sales
comments
about
shine
all
the
flashlights
in
the
same
direction.
That's
that's
exactly
how
it
works.
So
I
look
forward
to
getting
to
do
that
whenever
that
may
be.
Sometime
later
this
month,
thank
you.
O
Thanks
everyone,
and
thanks
for
all
the
nice
comments,
we
haven't
I
guess
this
is
the
first
meeting
we've
had
where
we've
started
to
say
goodbye.
So
it's
kind
of
it's
kind
of
sad
I
know
for
a
lot
of
us
and
hard
to
know
how
we'll
stay
engaged-
and
you
know
these
jobs
are
just
crazy
and
hard
to
maintain,
but
it's
also
really
inspiring
to
get
to
work
with
all
of
you
who
care
about
kids
and
care
about
making
our
community
better
and
stronger.
So
thank
you
for
everything.
You've
done.
O
Thank
you
for
partnering
with
us.
You
mentioned
Margot,
getting
mental
health
programs
in
schools
and
making
sure
sros
were
paid
for
out
of
our
budget,
so
you
can
put
money
to
kids
and
teachers
and
yeah
just
so
thankful
for
all
you
here
and
really
excited
about
the
new
superintendent
and
I.
O
Think
you're
gonna
do
great
things
and
let
us
know
how
those
of
us
who
are
no
longer
here
in
an
official
capacity,
how
we
can
help,
because
some
of
us
are
pretty
good
at
causing
trouble
and
I'll
speak
for
myself,
but
happy
to
help
with
that.
However,
I
can
foreign.
I
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you,
madam
chair,
just
acknowledge
that
we
absolutely
love
hosting
these
meetings,
but
really
the
board
gets
a
lot
of
help
and
so
for
every
meeting
that
we
have,
we
have
people
that
are
here
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge,
Amanda
and
and
Jennifer,
because
they
coordinate
all
of
this
and
then
they
help
set
it
all
up,
and
then
our
amazing
staff
always
prepare
always
come
prepared.
I
mean
Andy
great
presentation
today,
as
always,
and
and
they're
always
here
willing
and
able
to
give
the
information.
I
A
Thank
you,
president
Bellamy,
and
you
know
that
makes
me
think
of
member
lessons
comment
about.
Oh,
do
we
need
custodians
and
do
we
need
you
know
other
staff
and
I.T
staff,
and
you
name
it
and
president
Bellamy.
What
you
said
about
who
makes
this
meeting
happen
and
work
is
just
so
spot
on
as
I
hold
up
this
10
pound
page
budget
book
and
wonder
you
know
how
many
folks
went
into
making
just
that
piece
happen.
A
So
thank
you
all
for
your
work
and
and
thank
you
also
for
the
kind
words
I
had
forgotten.
This
would
be
the
last
joint
meeting
for
some
of
us
with
all
of
you
and
I
really
have
appreciated,
collaborating
with
you
for
the
last
six
years
and
in
a
thoughtful
conversation,
I've
had
deep
respect
for
how
hard
your
jobs
are,
especially
in
as
member
Jacob
said
these
challenging
times,
which
were
definitely
in.
A
So
thank
you
all
for
what
you
do
and
your
advocacy
and
who
you
continue
to
serve,
and
that
is
the
young
people
who
live
in
our
community
and
the
families
as
well.
It's
hard
yeah,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
say
goodbye.
I
kind
of
forgot
about
that
piece
of
it
darn
it,
but
we're
not
going
anywhere
we'll
be
here
as
Ms
Quinn
Davidson
said
so
thanks,
everybody
happy
Friday
and
happy
Employee
Appreciation
day,
and
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do.