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B
Good
evening,
everyone
I
am
Tim
Blake
the
principal
here
at
enact.
Valley
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
quite
a
few
people
here.
This
is
a
great
turnout.
I
appreciate
you
taking
part
in
this
process.
I
was
thinking
today
that
for
the
students
that
are
here
that
I
saw
come
in
what
a
great
week
of
sort
of
civics
that
they
get
to
observe.
B
We
were
privileged
enough
to
be
a
voting
station
last
week,
and
now
we've
got
this
town
hall
so
good
week
for
them
to
see
that
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
a
few
people
that
we've
got
here.
We've
got
some
school
board
members
and
some
elected
officials
I've
also
got
Dr
Brian.
Our
superintendent
present
I
want
to
thank
you
most
of
all
the
community
for
coming
out
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
panel.
Now
this
is
Shannon
Bingham.
Thank
you
for
coming.
C
Thank
you
well
good
evening.
Everyone,
my
name,
is
Shannon
Bingham
I
am
a
school
planning
consultant
I've
worked
in
Alaska
for
well
over
a
decade
for
half
dozen
or
so
districts
tonight
is
a
town
hall
meeting.
Our
intent
is
to
share
a
little
bit
of
data
with
you
a
plan
for
a
topic.
That
is
not
exactly
something.
C
That's
a
happy
topic,
the
idea
of
closing
this
school
and
repurposing
it,
but
we
would
like
to
present
some
of
the
foundation
information
that
help
this
arrive
at
the
idea
that
we
should
explore
consolidating
approximately
six
schools
in
the
Anchorage
School
District.
We
have
a
panel
that
can
answer
questions.
C
There
are
Chromebooks
out
in
the
hall
we
are
using
those
to
collect
a
survey.
There
are
QR
codes
on
a
panel
out
in
the
hallway.
If
you
would
like
to
scan
that
with
your
smartphone,
you
can
take
our
survey
in
six
languages.
Using
your
phone
at
the
table
are
Jim
Anderson,
our
Chief
Financial
Officer,
Rob
Holland,
our
chief
of
Maintenance
and
operations
and
Eric
this
day,
our
senior
director
for
elementary
education.
So
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
answer
all
of
your
questions.
C
We
have
a
couple
of
microphones
set
up,
and
the
format
of
the
evening
is
that
Jim
and
I
will
make
a
presentation
that
addresses
the
some
of
the
information
some
of
the
data,
some
of
the
issues
associated
with
the
district's
Financial
condition,
and
then
we
will
receive
a
list
of
people
who
would
like
to
ask
a
question
and
we'll
call
you,
by
name
one
at
a
time,
to
come
up
to
the
microphone
and
make
a
either
a
three-minute
statement
or
ask
a
question.
And
then
we
will
respond
to
your
questions.
C
The
sign
up
list
is
in
the
hall,
and
so,
if
you
were
not
able
to
sign
up,
you
have
kind
of
until
the
end
of
our
little
presentation
to
sign
up.
So
if
you
would
like
to
put
your
name
on
the
list,
I'll
call
on
everybody
in
the
order
in
which
you
signed
up.
So
we
expect
to
be
here
a
little
over
an
hour,
hopefully
and
and
hope
to
get
to
everyone's
questions.
C
This
is
one
of
six
in-person
town
halls
that
the
district
will
be
running
as
we
lead
up
to
a
board
meeting
on
December
15th,
during
which
the
district
will
decide
among
a
half
dozen
different
strategies
to
attempt
to
address
its
68
million
dollar
budgetary
shortfall.
Those
include
the
closure
of
schools,
the
elimination
of
programs,
increasing
class
sizes,
various
other
administrative
and
program
reductions
that
would
help
us
get
to
our
budgetary
goals.
C
Increasing
class
size
is
always
Our,
Last
Resort.
So
a
lot
of
what
we
are
proposing
here
is
targeted
toward
trying
to
keep
the
classroom
experience
of
individual
children
as
consistent
as
possible,
meaning
about
the
same
number
of
children
in
the
room.
So
that
is
always
our
Paramount
Paramount
consideration
and
we
hope
to
I
show
you
information
that
would
allow
you
to
arrive
at
your
own
conclusions.
D
All
right
thanks,
Shannon,
good
evening,
everyone,
if
you
go
to
the
next
chart,
I'd
like
to
to
go
over
this
chart.
That
shows
how
we
got
where
we
are
today
and
if
you
look
at
the
far
left
side
of
the
chart,
you'll
see
some
dark
blue
bars
and
they
start
at
FY,
17
or
fiscal
year
17,
and
they
go
all
the
way
up
through
next
school
year,
which
is
fiscal
year.
24.
D
so
fiscal
year,
17
was
the
first
day
of
school
of
August
2016..
That's
the
last
time.
Our
state
legislature
has
increased
the
base
student
allocation
of
5930
all
the
way
up
until
this
school
year
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
So
the
state's
funding
formula
is
based
on
the
number
of
students.
D
We
have
enrolled
a
lot
of
other
factors
as
it
goes
through
the
formula
and
then
at
the
end
they
multiply
the
total
number
of
students
by
five
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty
dollars
and
that's
the
starting
point
for
state
and
local
funding
for
the
school
districts
and
it
hasn't
changed
since
August
of
2016..
As
you
look
at
the
top
you'll
see
a
red
line
that
goes
across
that's
annual
inflation.
So
every
year
since
fiscal
fiscal
year,
17
we've
had
an
inflationary
increase
except
for
one
year
and
there's
always
been
this
Gap.
D
So
our
funding
Gap
actually
started
in
fiscal
year
18,
and
you
can
see
that
that
there's
a
gap
between
the
red
line
and
the
bottom.
So
we
cut
several
staff
positions.
We
merge
programs
and,
through
the
next
several
years,
you'll
see
that
they're
kept
being
a
gap
and
every
time
we
kept
cutting
around
the
edges,
merging
programs
closing
two
schools
and
and
doing
everything
we
could
to
include
the
Gray
Line
on
top
of
the
blue
bars,
which
is
our
use
of
fund
balance.
D
D
The
state
made
a
public
and
conscious
decision
not
to
increase
education
funding
until
after
there
was
no
more
Federal
relief
dollars
because
they
were
working
for
other
priorities
in
the
state
and
I
think
everyone
knows,
there's
a
lot
of
priorities
in
the
state
to
include
homeless,
drug
use,
suicides
and
and
of
course,
the
PFD,
and
so
that's
what
they
focused
on
this
last
session.
So
they
did
during
the
last
session.
D
They
give
us
16
million
dollars
in
one-time
funding
which
the
board
decided
to
save
until
next
year,
so
that
helped
a
little
bit
and
they
also
gave
us
a
30
dollar
BSA
increase
for
next
school
year,
so
that
thirty
dollars
is
equal
to
a
point.
Five
percent
increase
in
seven
years
so
effectively
every
year,
Andy
Ratliff,
my
budget
director
over
against
the
wall
have
been
building
our
budget.
We
start
building
our
budget
based
off
59.30
and
now
we're
on
our
sixth
seventh
year
of
building
a
budget
on
August
2016
Revenue.
D
It
is
possible
that
the
state
will
give
us
one-time
money
sometime
this
session,
although
you
can
never
count
on
it.
It
doesn't
happen
every
year,
but
by
Charter
we
have
to
pass
our
budget
in
February
and
by
State
Statute.
It
has
to
be
a
balanced
budget,
so
we
figured
out
our
deficit
in
July.
We've
been
briefing
the
board
every
two
weeks
since
the
end
of
July.
In
our
projected
deficit,
not
knowing
how
many
kids
we're
going
to
show
up
for
school
this
year
was
68
million
dollars.
D
So,
since
the
end
of
July,
we
have
laid
a
lot
of
very
difficult
choices
at
the
board's
plate
to
to
make
possible
reductions
from
ignite
sixth
grade
band
and
Orchestra
immersion
programs
Sports
school
closures.
All
of
them
are
horrible
choices
and,
and
none
of
us,
none
of
us
feels
any
different
about
that.
We
also
know
that
88
of
all
of
our
money
goes
towards
people
either
their
their
salaries
or
their
benefits
in
the
district.
D
So
when
we
talked
about
these
programs,
we
understand
that
that
these
programs,
whatever
they
are,
may
be
the
one
thing
that
that
motivates
our
kids
to
wake
up,
that
day
excited
about
school,
and
so
we've
been
trying
to
prioritize-
and
we've
now
done
this
for
about
five
six
years
straight,
cutting
all
of
those
that
were
acceptable
Alternatives
and
this
year
you
know
when
you
have
a
68
million
dollar
starting
point.
D
You
know
we
really
have
gotten
down
to
almost
everything
we've
we've
recommended
has
been
difficult
and
painful
for
everybody,
so
you
know
now
that
we
know
we
had
a
few
more
kids
than
we
expected.
Our
deficits
are
going
to
be
a
little
bit
lower,
but
it's
still
close
to
60
million
dollars
for
next
year,
and
that's
kind
of
where
we
stand
we'll
be
briefing
the
board
again
tomorrow,
night,
on
on
more
information
and
I
certainly
encourage
you
to
talk
to
the
school
board
about
your
priorities.
D
C
Thank
you
Jim,
so
I've
been
handed
the
sign
up
list,
so
if
anyone
would
still
like
to
sign
up,
I
can
put
it
over
on
the
picnic
table.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
sign
up?
C
C
Well,
you
might
ask
yourself:
why
are
we
here
and
a
lot
of
school
districts
and
school
communities
are
asking
that
same
question
all
over
the
West
Family
sizes
have
been
declining,
School
populations
have
been
declining
and
a
lot
of
districts,
probably
over
very
dramatically
over
the
last
seven
years,
I
work
all
over
the
Western
U.S
and
a
lot
of
districts
are
in
the
circumstances
that
Anchorage
is
in
we've
had
smaller
families
declining
birth
rates,
we
just
don't
have
as
many
preschool
students
coming
into
the
elementary
school
grades
and
that's
driving
the
sizes
of
our
schools
down
and
in
a
lot
of
communities
where
that
long-term
change
has
been
happening.
C
C
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
why,
if
you
say
well,
why
us
well?
This
is
a
small
enrollment
school.
There
are
about
a
dozen
schools
in
the
Anchorage
School
District
that
are
around
300
less
than
300,
or
have
a
neighborhood
that
may
have
125
or
150
students
in
it
and
we're
importing
another
neighborhood
from
four
miles
away
in
order
to
get
it
up
to
300..
C
It's
the
top
three
expenditures
that
states
make
depending
upon
the
state.
Schools
are
right
there.
So
when
things
change
economically
in
a
state,
they
very
frequently
change
economically
for
the
school
district,
so
our
circumstances
are
oops.
It
looks
like
my
fingers
have
been
the
walking
on
our
PowerPoint
here
on
just
a
second.
C
There
we
go
so
there
are
challenges
we
have
18
schools
in
the
district
that
are
under
about
a
65
percent
utilization
of
their
capacity,
so
basically
they're
two-thirds,
full,
so
we're
operating
those
schools
we're
fully
Staffing
them
we're
heating
them
we're
doing
all
the
maintenance
responsibilities.
Our
operating
budget
is
about
12.4
million
dollars
every
year,
but
we're
running
a
significant
number
of
schools
that
are
only
two-thirds
full
and
a
lot
of
the
others
are
kind
of
in
the
70s.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
schools
that
are
underutilized
and
we're
not
very
efficient.
C
We
have
special
service
staff.
Well,
what
does
that
mean?
Well,
those
are
specialized
teachers
other
than
the
classroom
teacher.
That
may
be
a
fifth
grade.
Teacher
general
education
teachers
in
every
building
about
35
percent
of
every
faculty
is
a
specialized
education
service
provider
of
some
sort,
either
an
occupational
therapist,
a
physical
therapist,
a
speech,
language
pathologist,
a
counselor,
a
social
worker,
a
special
education
teacher
and
English
has
a
learned
language,
teacher
of
some
sort
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
C
We
have
a
lot
of
those
kind
of
service
providers
in
the
district
and
when
we
have
a
lot
of
small
buildings,
we're
spreading
that
staff,
in
addition
to
art,
music
and
PE
teachers,
which
we
have
become
unable
to
fully
fund
we're
scheduling
those
people
over
multiple
buildings,
so
they
may
be
in
three
or
four
buildings
over
the
course
of
a
week.
So
because
of
that,
we
are
inefficient
from
a
staffing
standpoint
and
a
lot
of
those
folks
really
may
be
needed
on
Monday,
but
they're,
not
in
the
building
until
Thursday.
C
So
we
have
some
challenges
with
really
being
able
to
offer
the
services
that
we
want,
because
we're
spread
thin
in
that
regard.
We
have
67
combination
classes
in
the
district.
That
means
we
have
a
school,
that's
maybe
one
and
a
half
sections
per
grade
level,
meaning
we
don't
have
enough
children
to
have
two
full
first
grades,
two
full
second
grades,
but
we
have
more
children
than
we
need
for
a
single
first
grade,
a
single
six
second
grade.
So
we
do
like
a
first
second
grade
combination
or
we
do
a
second
third
grade
combination.
C
We
have
67
of
those
around
the
district,
so
that
creates
some
real
challenges
for
us,
because
those
teachers
have
to
do
a
prep
for
two
different
age
categories
of
second
grade.
Curriculum
is
significantly
different
from
third
grade
curriculum,
so
it's
quite
a
an
issue
and
a
lot
of
parents,
frankly,
don't
want
their
child
in
a
combination
section.
So
that
can
be
an
issue
for
families
as
well,
because
their
preference
is
to
be
in
a
single
grade
section.
C
When
we
have
a
lot
of
small
schools,
we
have
a
lot
of
combos
all
of
the
districts
that
I
work
for
when
they
get
larger
schools.
We
have
more
consistent,
Staffing,
meaning
we
have
fewer
of
these
combination
sections
and
we
have
these
support
service
Educators
in
the
building
more
frequently
when
we
need
them
nationally.
C
Many
large
Suburban
districts
and
anchorage's
size
category
are
consolidating
schools
right
now,
they're
moving
toward
having
three
section
per
grade
level,
schools
and,
in
some
cases,
four
section
per
grade
level,
schools
and
they're.
Looking
at
combinations
of
adjacent
buildings
that
may
be
small
buildings
and
trying
to
combine
those
into
a
single,
larger
building.
C
C
C
So
if
student
teacher
ratio
goes
up
two
or
three
because
of
cost
that's
going
to
affect
every
classroom
now,
if
you're
a
school
Community
member,
that's
being
considered
for
consolidation,
that
sounds
great,
but
it's
going
to
have
an
effect
on
your
family
and
your
child
and
that's
relevant,
because
when
we
look
at
the
school
consolidation
issue,
it's
going
to
affect
schools,
but
it's
not
in
school
communities
and
parents.
But
again
once
those
children
are
in
the
classroom,
we
have
the
ability
to
preserve
what
we
have
historically
offered
or
avoid
changes
in
class
size.
C
Now
again,
if
we
were
fully
funded,
I
live
I,
just
moved
out
of
a
115
year
old
house,
I
live
in
a
town
with
2
700
people
I,
like
everything
to
be
small.
So
schools
are
also
very
desirable
when
they're
small,
from
a
community
standpoint,
a
collegiality
standpoint,
but
as
a
big
institution,
a
school
district
like
Anchorage,
that's
trying
to
deliver
a
very
Specialized
Service
to
families
and
children.
C
C
We
can
be
more
consistent
with
the
staff
that
we
do
have
and
our
classes
may
be
more
consistent
grade
to
grade
in
a
small
school.
You
may
have
25,
first
graders
38th,
second
graders
25,
fourth
graders
and
40
fifth
graders,
as
students
cycle
through
a
school
with
those
heterogeneous
grade
sizes,
how
you
staff
those
sections
becomes
a
real
concern,
because
you
don't
really
have
the
same
thing.
Every
year
you
have
to
use
combination
classes
and
you
have
because
the
schools
are
smaller.
C
So
our
strategy
is
not
only
to
consolidate
small
adjacent
programs
into
larger
schools,
but
we're
also
exploring
the
idea
of
moving
the
sixth
grade
into
the
middle
schools,
so
that
would
take
our
middle
schools
that
are
currently
grades,
seven
and
eight
to
being
six
eight.
So
those
students
would
be
in
those
buildings
for
three
years
instead
of
two
years
and
those
faculties
would
be
50
percent
larger.
C
So
that
would
be
another
opportunity
for
us
to
see
some
economies
of
scale
from
a
staffing
standpoint.
We
would
also
be
able
to
offer
sixth
grade
students
a
full-scale
elective
program
where
they
would
be
able
to
take
elective
classes
and
we
would
be
able
to
cost
effectively
deliver
music
education.
C
Okay,
I'm
speeding
up
so
there's
our
birth
rate.
You
can
see
that
we
have
about
750
fewer
babies
every
year
in
the
Anchorage
municipality
than
we
did
five
years
ago,
so
things
have
dramatically
changed.
We
are
already
down
and
the
crop
of
babies
that
will
be
coming
to
us
as
kindergarteners
in
four
or
five
years
is
significantly
smaller
than
it
is
now.
C
When
we
look
at
our
grade
size,
those
blue
bars
on
the
left
are
from
2017.
The
red
bars
on
the
right
are
from
2020
what
22
this
year,
you
can
see,
there's
about
a
500
student
difference
between
those
two
bars,
and
so
we
already
have
fewer
students
in
our
grades
k
through
eight
and
we're
seeing
fewer
children
coming
to
us
from
the
preschool
category
that
will
charge
up
our
kindergartens.
So
this
problem
is
of
school.
Size
is
significant.
C
It's
affected
us
over
the
decades
and
it's
about
to
get
worse
and
that's
why
we
are
considering
taking
action
at
this
time.
We're
considering
the
closure
of
six
schools
that
are
listed
there.
I
will
not
focus
on
those,
but
those
are
Abbott.
Loop
Birchwood
clatt,
Monaca,
Valley,
Northwood
and
wonder
Park.
C
Our
plan
for
nanaka
Park
is
to
take
the
students
that
are
east
of
Boniface
to
Chester
Valley
and
the
students
that
are
west
of
Boniface
to
Russian
Jack.
Now
there
are
about
55
students
that
are
in
the
attendance
area,
west
of
Boniface
that
would
go
to
Russian,
Jack
and
as
a
pedestrian,
you
would
probably
need
to
spill
out
onto
Northern
Lights
and
walk
Westerly
and
then
back
into
the
school
from
the
north.
C
If
you
were
walking
on
the
east
side,
we
would
assign
these
75
students
that
live
on
the
east
side
of
Boniface
to
Chester
Valley.
There
are
another
75
students
that
live
outside
of
nanaka
Valley's
attendance
area
that
come
here
to
the
school.
C
There
are
a
lot
of
Early
Childhood
programs
in
this
building
and
our
initial
repurposing
proposal
for
this
building
would
be
to
run
this
school
as
an
Early
Childhood
Center.
So
we
would
say
the
significant
amount
of
money
by
doing
that,
this
would
still
be
a
community
facility,
but
it
would
be
full
of
three
and
four-year-olds.
C
So
that's
the
proposal.
Now
again,
it's
not
something
we
take
like
lightly.
We
want
to
have
as
complete
a
record
of
your
perspective
on
what
we're
proposing
to
do
here
is
possible.
All
of
the
Town
Halls
are
being
recorded
and
documented
and
we're
identifying
good
ideas.
I've
done
this
for
almost
40
years
now
and
I
have
to
tell
you
I've
heard
ideas
that
town
halls
or
open
houses
that
ultimately
got
implemented.
So
you
know
we're
receptive
to
ideas
and
concerns.
We
want
to
understand
what
your
thoughts
are
about
this
proposal.
C
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
initiate
the
the
town
hall,
I've
got
22
folks
who
have
signed
up
to
speak.
We
would
like
you
to
come
to
this
microphone
and
and
take
not
more
than
three
minutes
to
issue
your
question
or
your
comment
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
invite
Susan
Williams
to
come
up
first
with
Chris
Terry
to
follow.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Susan
Williams
and
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
against
the
closure
of
nunaca
Valley
Elementary
I've
been
a
resident
of
this
neighborhood
for
35
years.
In
my
career,
I
worked
25
years
for
the
Anchorage
School
District.
During
my
tenure,
I
worked
with
school
populations,
which
were
in
economically
challenged
areas.
One
lesson
I
learned,
while
working
with
the
district
is
public
trust
is
critical
for
the
school
district
success.
Additionally,
public
perception
is
so
important
as
a
taxpayer.
F
F
It
does
not
make
sense
to
me
that
if
there's
a
need
to
close
schools
that
the
impact
can't
be
distributed
across
the
socio-economic
Spectrum
in
Anchorage,
the
plan
currently
calls
for
five
out
of
six
school
closures
to
be
in
Title
One
schools.
It
is
calling
to
create
schools
with
even
more
densely
low-income
populations.
Studies
have
shown.
This
is
not
a
good
idea.
Currently
nanaka
Valley
students
can
walk
to
school.
Every
afternoon.
F
I
see
parents,
grandparents,
older
siblings,
walk
the
neighborhood
to
pick
up
students
the
community,
the
community
Patrol
drives
around
between
three
and
four
to
make
sure
all
are
safe.
This
would
no
longer
be
possible.
The
new
NACA
neighborhood
is
boarded
by
very
busy
four-lane
streets.
The
plan
calls
for
students
to
be
bussed
to
two
neighboring
schools.
The
bus
driver's
shortage
has
not
been
solved
yet
this
school
year.
There's
no
guarantee
there'll
be
enough
buses
next
year,
putting
our
students
at
risk
of
not
attending
school.
F
At
times
the
busing
system
can
send
set
up
students
to
be
unsuccessful.
During
the
school
day,
packing
kids
on
a
bus
can
lead
to
bullying
and
as
challenging
socially
for
some
students.
I
worked
at
two
schools
where
the
School
boundaries
were
very
large
and
most
students
were
bussed
connect.
Creating
the
connection
with
the
school
Community
was
incredibly
challenging.
Engaging
families
and
students
in
school
activities
and
events
was
always
an
issue
when
there
wasn't
a
defined
neighborhood
staff
and
students
can
interact
and
communicate
with
families
when
they
are
picked
up
students.
F
F
I
reviews
the
school
board
minutes
of
this
school
year.
It
is
confusing
to
me
the
number
of
Consultants
that
have
been
hired
at
Big
dollar
amounts.
I
also
see
two
schools
up
for
closure.
On
the
2023
Bond
proposals
early
in
the
school
year,
there
seemed
to
be
unspent
monies
hard
to
trust
a
system
with
this
conflicting
messages,
no
money,
or
is
there
lots
of
money
for
Consultants?
It
is
challenging
to
drill
down
through
the
budget,
to
get
at
real
expenditures
which
leads
to
distrust
amongst
taxes.
C
G
H
I'm
Chris
Terry
I
am
a
special
educator.
I
work
at
nunaka,
Valley
I've
been
here
for
eight
years,
and
this
is
a
school
that
has
heart
that
has
family
that
has
Community
Support.
As
you
can
see
tonight,
the
people
who
work
in
this
school
are
feeling
grief.
We're
mourning
we're
just
feeling
like
ponds
in
a
big
game
that
is
moving
preschools
from
another
school
to
this
school
in
our
students
to
a
different
building.
I
just
want
to
put
out
that
our
feelings
are
there
and
we
hurt.
H
What
we
see
in
this
school
is
that
we
have
preschoolers
on
one
Hall
and
we
have
K-5
on
the
other
Hall.
These
students
interact
they
get
to
see
and
grow
empathy
and
to
feel
the
pain
of
a
three-year-old
crying
and
see
that
other
people
are
having
a
bad
day
and
they
can
help
the
young
people
look
up
to
the
older
students.
There
is
so
much
value
in
having
a
diverse
age
group
within
a
building
that
is
lost
when
you
make
it
all.
H
Pre-K
I
understand
that
there
could
be
economies
of
scale
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
it's
not
the
only
consideration.
There
are
other
ways
that
students
are
affected
and
this
student
population,
which
has
experienced
so
many
hardships
having
to
do
with
covid
in
their
school
experience
already
having
another
adverse
childhood
experience.
Another
one
of
the
aces
we
used
to
talk
about
and
count
doesn't
seem
fair.
If
that's
what
we
have
to
do,
that's
what
we
have
to
do.
I
Hello
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
statement
as
someone
who
bought
a
home
in
nunaka
Valley
in
2015,
and
it
was
I
I
had
my
son
was
about
one
I
might
I
was
pregnant.
My
husband
actually
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood.
It
was
kind
of
a
dream
of
mine
and
we
moved
here
because
we
could,
you
know
not
have
to
use
a
car.
We
could
walk
our
kids
to
school
when
they're
a
little
older.
They
can
walk
themselves
ride
a
bike
learn.
You
know:
Independence
Healthy
Living.
I
We
got
the
trails
everything
it
was
like
dream.
Actually,
when
I
moved
in,
there
was
still
people
mover,
which
I
used
to
get
around
the
city.
I
don't
use
with
my
kids
went
through
the
neighborhood,
the
end
route,
that's
since
gone,
and
so
because
this
is
our
home
that
we're
working
on
and
making
nicer
it's
a
long
term.
You
know
a
vision
that
we
have
and
we
don't
plan
on
going
anywhere.
So
I
understand.
The
current
plan
is,
to
put
you
know,
preschool,
but
that's
not
the
same
kind
of
anchor
to
a
community.
I
When
it's
you
know,
you're
constantly
having
to
get
new.
Kids,
it's
not
you
know.
The
kids
in
the
area
and
I
was
very
upset
when
I
heard
about
Inlet
View,
you
know
and
and
that
being
a
rebuild
and
the
being
part
of
this
anyway,.
A
I
Just
I
felt
that
I
needed
to
say
something
here
tonight,
because
we
intentionally
moved
here
and
I
and
I
just
questioned
the
wisdom,
I
guess
I've
always
lived
in
Anchorage
I
was
born
and
raised
here,
and
we've
always
had
a
really
transient
population.
People
are
coming
and
going
all
the
time,
we're
an
incredibly
chaotic
time
right
now.
I
understand
the
long-term
birth
rate
issues
all
over
the
country,
but
at
the
same
time
we
have
lots
of
immigrants
in
Anchorage.
We
have
to
kind
of
think.
I
Also
about
you
know,
people
being
able
to
move
up.
You
know
from
an
apartment
to
a
house
like
I
did
and
things
like
that,
and
if
we
want
to
be
a
desirable
community
and
if
we
want
to
have
more
people
in
Anchorage
so
that
you
know
we
have
to
be
a
place
where
people
want
to
live
and
so
that
people
don't
just
feel
stuck
here,
because
you
know
when
that
kind
of
thing
happens.
You
know
communities
really
fall
apart.
I
C
Laura
mcnawa
mcdanna,
Laura,
I'm,
sorry
I'm.
Thank
you.
J
Well,
my
name
is
Laura
mcnown
I'm,
a
special
education
teacher
I
work
here
at
this
school
as
a
preschool
teacher
and
I
also
live
in
this
neighborhood
I
appreciate
that
you
created
this
town
hall
meeting
for
so
that
we
can
learn
from
each
other
I'm.
Assuming
that
you
want
to
learn
from
us
as
well
as
we
get
to
know
what
your
information
you
have
for
us.
J
So
please
feel
free
to
ask
questions
to
us
as
well
and
take
notes,
and
things
like
that
so
I'm,
a
preschool
teacher
in
this
building
and
I,
would
like
to
highlight
how
this
school
set
up
as
it
is
right
now
creates
an
inclusive
environment
for
special
education
students
and
general
education,
students
of
all
ages.
One
Wing
of
this
school
serves
the
elementary
school
and
the
other
wing
of
the
school
is
basically
preschool
classrooms.
The
preschool
Wing
has
common
eras
such
as
the
cafeteria
and
the
gym.
J
The
big
kids
and
the
little
kids
are
separated,
but
have
crossover
points
throughout
the
day.
The
interactions
between
older
kids
and
the
youngest
are
very
beneficial.
As
the
preschoolers
look
up
to
the
older
kids
and
they
get
a
glimpse
of
what
it
will
be
like
when
they
get
to
kindergarten
or
first
grade
the
peer
interactions
between
the
older
students
and
our
youngest
are
of
our
youngest
are
often
speech
delayed
or
have
developmental
delays.
J
J
J
They
made
use
of
their
words
more
frequently
and
asked
for
his
help
why
they
ignored
mine
on
another
occasion
last
week,
when
playing
outside
in
the
snow
two
students
from
kindergarten
asked
if
they
can
play
with
our
little
preschool
group
since
they
were
outside
while
they
had
recess
two
students
bonded
quickly
and
played
together
crawling
up
and
down
a
tiny
Snow
Hill.
The
next
day,
the
Stu
some
same
students
stopped
by
quickly
while
outside
just
to
say
hi
to
their
new
friends
and
I.
J
Don't
think
I
need
to
mention
the
benefits
in
social
skills,
learned
the
language
skills
and
the
play
skills
that
happened.
Naturally,
in
these
situations,
this
school
provides
an
ideal
environment
for
these
valuable
moments
to
happen.
Just
naturally
and
last
I
have
a
few
questions
that
I'd
like
to
have
answered.
J
J
Communicated
to
the
public
also
that
the
utilization
percentage
of
the
school
is
66
percent.
That
sure
looks
like
half
of
the
building
may
be
empty
space.
However,
this
is
not
the
case,
as
almost
all
rooms
are
filled
up
with
preschool
classrooms.
How
do
you
explain
this
number,
and
also
when
making
the
decision
to
close
schools,
will
the
school
board
vote
on
individual
schools
making
a
case-by-case
decision,
or
is
it
a
yes?
No
to
the
proposal
of
schools
closures
in
general?
Thank
you.
D
I
can't
I
can
talk
the
amount
of
savings
per
school
on
tomorrow.
Night's
school
board
meeting
you'll
see
that
some
schools
would
save
us
in
the
800
000
range,
but
for
this
particular
school,
because
there
still
would
be
a
staff
required
for
the
kitchen
for
the
main
office
and
a
principal,
it
would
be
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
so
certainly
much
much
less
in
terms
of
savings.
What
it
would
provide,
though,
is
something
Eric
can
talk
about
which
is
taking.
D
Some
of
these
very
high
need
low
density
Specialists
that
simply
aren't
available
in
a
school
all
day
long
every
day
and-
and
you
have
a
much
better
chance
of
of
having
one
of
those
individuals
in
the
school
when
they're
needed.
Instead
of
having
to
wait
a
few
days
before
their
cycle
would
have
them
come
by
your
school
and
I.
Think
Eric
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
E
Yep
thanks
Jim
Eric
viste
senior
director
for
elementary
Ed
with
the
Early
Childhood
Center.
What
it
would
be
is
a
be
a
blended
program,
so
you'd
have
our
general
education
program.
The
nunaka
valley
preschool
program
would
continue
to
to
live
and
Thrive.
Here
the
the
additional
schools
would
have
other
programs
coming
into
the
school
you'd
have
both
special
education
or
a
developmental
Pre-K
you'd
have
a
general
education
Pre-K,
so
you'd
have
a
blend
of
programming
here.
E
Oftentimes
in
schools,
where
you
have
very
high
high
needs
staff
that
are
on
very
short
supply.
Some
of
our
Specialists,
like
occupational
therapists,
physical
therapists,
psychologists
speech,
pathologists,
the
the
students
in
our
developmental
Pre-K
programs
have
a
requirement
of
federally
programs
and
a
lot
of
the
services
that
are
provided
by
our
hard
to
fill
positions,
and
so
by
consolidating
those
services
within
that
population
group
we'd
be
able
to
provide
more
consistent
and
better
programming
for
kids
ages,
three
to
five
years
old.
E
That
would
be
a
that
would
be
a
success
and
that
would
be
a
help
for
for
that
population
size.
In
addition,
what
we'd
be
doing
is
moving
our
early
intervention
services
is
where
how
we
look
to
identify
students
who
need
developmental
Pre-K
we'd,
be
moving
that
Center
here
to
provide
more
access
for
eligibility
for
for
developmental
Pre-K,
as
well
as
trying
to
branch
that
program
into
other
neighborhood,
so
that
the
accessibility
to
early
intervention
services
would
expand.
So
so
those
would
be
some
pieces
that
tie
into
that
early
intervention,
Early
Childhood,
Center.
C
Thank
you
Eric,
so
I'll
try
to
answer
Laura's
other
two
questions:
the
60
66
utilization
numbers
based
on
there
being
205
students
in
this
building
and
I
think
its
capacity
is
in
the
upper
300s
and
we've
already
taken
offline,
a
bunch
of
rooms
for
non-gen
Ed
programs,
special
ed
rooms,
special
education,
resource
spaces.
So
a
lot
of
these
spaces
are
utilized
at
a
lower
rate.
As
far
as
how
many
children
are
in
the
room,
but
you
will
probably
observe
those
classrooms
in
use.
C
I,
don't
know
what
the
vacant
classroom
situation
in
the
building
is,
and
I
don't
have
time
to
answer
that
question
right
now,
but
the
metric
that
we're
using
to
rate
capacity
is
the
Alaska
Department
of
early
development,
deed
office
capacity
model
and
I've
done
these
for
hundreds
of
of
schools
and
the
model
that
the
deed
office
uses
is
really
liberal,
meaning
they
set
aside
virtually
everything
that
is
necessary
for
a
program
before
they
show
what
the
final
capacity
would
be.
So
I
think
the
capacity
for
this
building
is
fairly
accurate.
C
It's
not
harsh
or
overbearing
and
I
think
that
that
60
utilization
for
this
building
is
pretty
realistic.
Laura's
last
question
was:
will
the
board
decide
the
six
schools
as
a
package?
Yes
or
no
thumbs
up
thumbs
down
or
Case
by
case
I
can't
speak
for
the
board,
but
my
experience
has
been
that
almost
all
boards,
when
they're
looking
at
a
menu
of
school
closure,
Alternatives
tend
to
take
them
one
at
a
time.
So
that
would
be
just
based
on
my
having
worked
for
200
school
districts.
C
M
Hi,
my
name
is
Christy
wood
and
I.
Don't
have
a
student
at
the
school,
however,
as
a
resident
who
has
happily
lived
in
this
neighborhood
for
22
years,
I
do
have
a
lot
of
concerns
about
the
school
closing
I'll
begin
by
thanking
board
member
Carl
Jacobs
Mr
Jacobs
has
met
with
us
in
person
via
phone
via
email,
he's
patiently
answered
dozens
of
difficult
questions
and
he's
listened
with
compassion
and
I
really
appreciate
his
professionalism
during
all
these
communications.
I
have
three
concerns
to
present
tonight.
M
The
Inlet
View
rebuild
the
potential
Injustice
of
how
the
schools
chosen
foreclosure
are
predominantly
Title
One
and
the
impact
of
this
school
closing
on
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood.
At
the
end
of
this
testimony,
I'll
give
you
my
hard
copy,
which
has
my
email
address.
I
really
would
appreciate
some
feedback
about
my
questions
and
concerns
in
regards
to
the
Inlet
View
rebuild
the
voters
turned
down
this
rebuild
in
April,
yet
the
board
is
currently
willing
to
go
against
the
wishes
of
the
voters
and
simultaneously
rebuild
Inlet
View,
while
closing
six
other
schools.
M
The
board
already
has
a
path
forward
for
Inlet
View
by
putting
it
on
the
2024
school
bond
building
a
brand
new
building,
while
closing
our
beloved
neighborhood
School
feels
well.
It
feels
a
little
bit
like
an
insult
in
regards
to
Title
1.
The
Optics
of
this
are
terrible.
Title
1
elementary
schools
make
up
only
40
percent
of
the
ASD
population
of
elementary
schools,
yet
account
for
83
percent
of
the
proposed
Cuts
closing
predominantly
Title.
One
schools
increases
the
inequity
of
valuable
public
resources
in
Anchorage
and
cut
services
to
the
people
who
need
it
the
most.
M
Why
are
so
many
of
the
proposed
Cuts
in
lower
income
neighborhoods?
Should
school
closures
eventually
be
determined
as
necessary?
They
must
be
spread
out
more
equitably
among
neighborhoods
that
are
not
predominantly
Title
One.
In
regards
to
the
long-term
impact
to
this
neighborhood.
Currently,
our
little
neighborhood
enjoys
a
vibrant
energy
of
young
families
moving
in
they're
willing
to
invest
for
the
long
term
here,
since
they
have
a
great
School
in
walking
distance.
If
this
school
closes,
those
families
will
start
looking
elsewhere
to
other
neighborhoods
that
still
have
schools.
I
understand,
you're,
not
planning.
M
On
closing
this
building,
but
I
still
not
understand
where
the
savings
are
going
to
come
from,
and
I
really
hope
that
pretty
soon
you're
going
to
have
some
some
math
and
some
data
that
you
can
share
with
the
rest
of
us
in
the
community
to
give
us
some
confidence
that
this
repurposing
is
actually
going
to
actually
going
to
work.
I
understand
that
you
have
difficult
decisions
ahead
of
you
and
your
first
priority
is
to
the
students,
families
and
staff,
but
the
long-term
impact.
These
neighborhoods
must
be
taken
into
consideration.
M
N
M
C
Thank
you,
Christy
Joel
Potter,
followed
by
Kiara
Soper.
O
My
name
is
Joel
Potter
I'm,
a
professor
at
UAA
and
a
resident
of
nunaka
valley
research
supports
the
value
of
smaller
schools,
like
nunaka
Valley
they've
been
found
to
promote
a
greater
sense
of
belonging
to
have
fewer
disciplinary
issues,
higher
teacher
satisfaction
and
better
attendance
and
completion
rates.
The
state
of
Alaska
recognizes
the
value
of
smaller
schools
by
funding
them
at
a
higher
rate.
O
What
the
public
needs
to
understand
is
that,
with
the
consolidation
of
our
elementary
schools,
ASD
will
forego
these
State
funds
because
of
this
I'm
concerned
that,
in
the
long-term
consolidation
will
actually
contribute
to
a
budget
deficit
rather
than
alleviated
based
on
FY
22
enrollment.
My
attached
estimate,
which
I'll
provide
for
you,
is
that,
with
the
proposed
six
school
closures
and
consolidations
ASD
will
forego
3.6
million
in
annual
base
student
allocation.
That's
500
to
700
000
in
Lost
Revenue
per
closed
School.
O
Now
the
state
has
a
provision
that
will
fund
these
schools
at
pre-consolidation
levels
for
a
couple
years,
but
in
five
years
the
schools
involved
in
these
consolidations
will
have
to
fully
absorb
these
Cuts
facing
a
nine
percent
funding
reduction.
This
is
not
much
smaller
than
the
10.8
budget
Gap.
The
district
currently
faces
this
year.
O
Now
one
might
reply
that
in
five
years
the
enrollment
picture
will
be
much
worse,
necessitating
these
consolidations.
But
what
are
these
predictions
based
on
and
what
exactly
is
being
predicted?
Are
the
predictions
specific
to
Northeast
Anchorage?
Do
they
take
into
account
the
census
tracts
in
our
parts
of
town
that
saw
significant
growth
from
2010
to
2020?
O
The
public
needs
to
see
the
math
and
supporting
research.
Now
it
might
be
that
the
district
will
save
some
money
from
closures
by
relocating
a
few
Charters
to
ASD
property.
But
how
much
will
this
save
and
is
closing
schools
necessary
to
achieve
this?
Could
we
achieve
a
large
amount
of
these
savings
by
having
some
of
these
Charters
share
a
building
with
an
existing
school
just
as
nunaka
Valley
shares
it
its
building
with
a
large
preschool
program?
O
That
sweeping
changes
like
these
should
be
the
result
of
a
comprehensive
public
and
transparent
process
and
not
a
rushed
attempt
to
fill
an
immediate
budget.
Gap
I
end
with
a
factual
question.
What
is
the
average
daily
membership
for
this
year
and
does
it
fit
with
the
predictions
about
enrollment
decline?
Thanks.
C
Kiara
sopher,
please
sorry!
If
I
mispronounce,
anyone's.
P
D
Do
have
slightly
higher
membership
this
year
than
last
year.
The
bulk
of
it,
though,
went
to
Charter
Schools
and
not
brick
and
mortar
school
or
home
school
programs
instead
of
brick
and
mortar
schools,
and
when
I
looked
at
new
Naka
Valley
from
like
2017
to
now,
they've
lost
about
25
percent
of
their
enrollment
might
have
been
2015..
When
I
looked
at
the
other
school
that
you
put
in
the
email
that
you
sent
I
think
it
was
board
members.
D
D
We
really
are
seeing
in
our
brick
and
mortar
schools
every
year
fewer
and
fewer
students
than
we
have
for
several
years,
and
so
the
the
money
piece
I
can
certainly
talk
to
you
offline,
we're
going
to
show
that
to
the
school
board
a
little
bit
more
tomorrow
night,
but
but
the
efficiency
of
having
so
many
vacancies
and
trying
to
send
people
to
half
a
dozen
different
schools
per
week
in
order
to
meet
students
needs.
P
Here,
just
I'm
going
to
speak
more
as
a
modern
on
studies,
but
thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
I
have
four
children
in
the
ASD
I
have
two
that
go
to
new
NACA.
We
actually
go
out
of
District.
This
school
was
the
only
school
that
offered
three-year-old
preschool,
so
we
got
to
come
here
and
then
we
got
to
stay
since
then
we
have
actually
been
looking
to
buy.
We
just
put
two
offers
in
in
this
neighborhood
to
buy
houses
which
now
we
have
on
hold
just
to
see.
P
P
Since
the
beginning,
our
teachers
have
sat
every
single
day
and
fought
to
teach
them
through
the
computers
and
they
never
gave
up.
They
developed
a
sense
of
family
and
Trust
by
this.
P
Our
teachers
continue
to
encourage
our
students
and,
after
just
an
offered
just
as
much
help
before
and
after
school,
as
during
this
carried
on
through
my
experience
throughout
the
past
several
years,
almost
every
student
in
my
second
graders
class
have
been
together
since
then,
over
the
past
three
years,
many
of
the
students
in
the
class
have
continued
to
communicate
outside
of
school
and
develop
friendships.
I
can
say
17,
at
least
at
least
17
students.
In
my
sun
class,
we
speak
to
outside
of
school,
including
birthday
parties
doing
sports
together.
P
P
My
sons
had
before
near
nakaveli,
never
really
went
anywhere
else,
never
really
got
to
do
anything,
and
this
is
really
upsetting
to
them.
Along
with
all
the
you
know,
many
of
the
other
students-
I
I,
just
you
know
me
and
the
moms
get
together,
and
we
actually
talk
about
this
in
ways
that
we
can
try
to
send
emails
or
get
input
and
educate
ourselves
more
on
how
to
save
money
or
do
anything
like
that.
P
Sorry,
I've
lost
my
way
in
this
every
day
as
I
watch,
my
son,
along
with
most
every
other
single
student
in
class,
run
up
to
at
least
one
of
their
teachers,
teachers
or
staff
members
members,
which
Miss
Jenner,
is
a
big
one.
You
know
she's
our
kindergarten
teacher
and
30.
P
Have
Miss
Rose
over
there
as
she
does
our
preschool
and
seeing
that
show
is
me
that
many
students
are
actually
eager
to
come
to
school
every
single
day
and
when
they
come
it's
not
because
they
feel
forced
as
I
wait
to
sorry.
Research
has
shown
that
school
culture
has
played
a
critical
role
in
supporting
academic
success,
academic
outcomes,
social,
emotional
and
emotional
competencies
and
critical
thinking.
Skills
are
all
enhanced
when
students.
P
C
Q
You
hi
okay
hi.
My
name
is
Erin
willehan
I'm,
an
alumni
of
nunaka
Valley
Elementary
I,
grew
up
right
across
the
street
from
the
school.
My
mom
worked
here
as
a
speech,
language
pathologist
from
1995
till
2008
and
I
not
only
spent
many
days
here
as
a
student,
but
many
afternoons
and
evenings
waiting
for
my
mom
to
get
off
work.
I
would
absolutely
credit
the
foundation
of
education
and
Community
I
received
at
nanaka
Valley,
with
my
ability
to
succeed
later
in
life
and
at
a
time
when
our
societies
are
more
divided
than
ever.
Q
Q
That
said,
I
think
that
this
is
also
a
short-sighted
solution
to
a
larger
budget
problem
that
will
only
result
in
more
problems
and
greater
economic,
social
and
cultural
costs.
In
the
future,
it
was
said
that
there
are
18
schools
with
low
low
enrollment,
so
why
is
it
that
title
1
elementary
schools
make
up
40
percent
of
the
ASD
population
of
elementary
schools,
yet
account
for
83
percent
of
the
proposed
Cuts?
This
is
an
equity
issue.
Q
Further,
it
does
not
seem
like
all
of
the
options
for
addressing
budget
for
shortfalls
have
been
considered
with
due
diligence,
and
the
costs
of
this
decision
far
outweigh
the
short-term
gain.
If
you
bring
in
consolidation
Experts,
of
course,
the
solution
they
will
come
up
with
is
consolidation,
but
that
does
not
mean
that
it's
the
only
option.
Q
One
question
excuse
me:
sorry,
my
mom
also
could
not
be
here
tonight.
Her
name
is
Susanna
Morales
and
she
wanted
me
to
say
a
few
words
as
well.
This
is
from
her
she
said:
I've
worked
in
many
ASD
schools
and
have
not
felt
the
sense
of
community
that
I
did
at
nanaka
Valley.
Q
There
is
so
much
to
be
gained
from
a
small
neighborhood
School
environment
where
most
of
the
staff
know
or
are
at
least
familiar
with
most
of
the
students
and
families
nunaka
Valley
Elementary
has
always
been
a
hidden
gym
in
East
Anchorage,
with
dedicated
staff,
wonderful
families
and
a
real
Community
where
children
can
Thrive
it
would
be
devastating
to
the
neighborhood
and
a
disservice
to
the
children
who
live
there
to
close
this
school.
Thank
you.
R
I
was
flooded
with
memories
of
getting
hit
in
the
face,
with
little
dodgeballers
sticking,
my
tongue
to
the
slide
outside
and
playing
out
in
the
field,
and
and
this
this
school
is
important
to
this
community,
and
we,
my
family,
is
from
titli
and
we
would
go
back
and
forth
in
the
Summers
and
I
can
just
tell
you
that
the
the
schools
in
The
Villages
are
the
heart
of
the
community,
and
this
school
is
the
heart
of
this
community
and
and
this
nanaka
Valley
is
a
village
of
people
who
are
raising
their
families
here
and
will
live
here
and
are
alaskans
and
they
matter
and
I
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
also
know
that
you
know
I'm
just
finishing
an
eight-year
term.
R
On
The
Board
of
Regents
for
the
University
of
Alaska
and
we've
had
to
cut
over
120
million
from
the
the
budget,
and
it
was.
It
was
very
difficult
and
devastating,
but
it
can
be
done
without
closing
schools
and
without
harming
communities
and
I'm,
urging
you
to
look
at
other
Alternatives
and
I'd
be
willing
to
work
with
you
on
a
task
force
with
community
members
to
come
up
with
ways
to
reduce
costs
and
increase
revenues
and
do
bake
sales
or
I'm.
R
S
Let
me
be
crystal
clear
here,
and
this
has
been
confirmed
by
asd's
Chief
Financial
Officer.
These
one-time
State
funds
could
be
used
by
the
board
to
keep
this
school
open
for
many
years
to
come
and
could
also
be
used
to
keep
open
popular
language,
immersion
programs,
music
programs,
gifted
programs
and
after
school
sports
programs.
S
S
S
There
may
be
those
here
that
see
my
concerns
as
unrelated
to
your
neighborhood,
school's
closure,
but
ASD
is
inappropriate.
Spending
of
limited
funds
affects
all
Anchorage
residents
and
taxpayers,
and
these
one-time
State
funds
they
received
this
summer
can
be
used
for
many
expenses,
including
keeping
your
school
open.
S
I
urge
those
in
attendance
in
viewing
this
presentation
to
contact
school
board
members
and
ask
them
to
fund
an
Inlet
View
remodel
instead
of
instead
of
a
more
expensive
new
construction
replacement
on
December
5th
feel
free
to
remind
them
that
the
Anchorage
voters
rejected
a
bond
proposal
for
a
new
construction.
Inlet
View
Elementary
back
in
April
of
this
year.
S
O
S
S
S
Is
it
sounded,
like
you
kind
of
admitted
there,
why
not
have
an
additional
two
more
Pre-K
classrooms,
because,
according
to
the
principal
on
the
way
in
there's
a
total
of
two
classrooms
that
are
going
unutilized
here,
why
not
add
two
more
Pre-K
classrooms
in
the
school
would
be
100
utilized
as
far
as
classroom
utilization,
maybe
not
on
your
numbers,
because
they're
not
accurately
reflected
with
the
lower
student
to
teacher
ratios
in
the
Pre-K
classrooms.
C
E
N
Matthew
flickiger
I'm,
Community
Mentor
also
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood.
My
family's
been
part
of
nunaca
since
the
50s
my
mom
went
to
here.
I
did
in
the
90s,
and
my
daughter
went
here
so
a
lot
of
history
with
this
school
and
this
this
community
I
didn't
think
I
was
going
to
say
much
on
this,
but
I
was
really
intending
just
to
have
questions
but
hearing
the
other
speakers.
I
do
find
it's
kind
of
pointless
to
be
closing
this
school
down.
N
When
you
have
very
little
of
a
pro
of
of
a
of
a
budget,
that's
going
to
be
resolved
from
this
school's
closure,
300
000,
68
million-
it's
just
not
adding
up
there.
So
I'd
like
you,
please
consider
what
these
people
are
saying.
My
questions
that
came
from
watching
your
your
presentation.
What
kind
of
raise
to
the
BSA
would
be
needed
to
make
anchor
School
District
sustainable,
also.
N
Is
are
these
school
closures?
Are
they
at
the
ASD
level
or
Administration
level?
Are
they
being
considered
permanent
closures
or
a
flexible
plan
that
may
be
adopted
or
or
that
may
be
changed
in
the
future,
based
on
population
changes
and
stuff,
and
then
also
the
third
one?
Is
there
any
seeing
as
there's
going
to
be
kids
walking
in
a
much
longer
distances?
Is
there
going
to
be
plans
to
invest
into
a
walking
plan?
Improvement
improvements
between
the
new
schools
in
this
neighborhood.
D
Okay,
let
me
start
with
you
said:
what
was
the
BSA
requirement?
It's
it's
a
little
over
830
dollars
in
BSA
increase
and
that's
equal
to
literally
two
percent
per
year
since
2017,
if
they
would
have
kept
up
with
inflation,
because
we've
lost
about
80
million
dollars
in
buying
power
between
the
BSA
in
2017
and
the
BSA
next
year,
and
that's
just
to
keep
it
even
your
second
question,
sir,
could
you
remind
me
Permanent.
D
Yeah
find
that
so
the
hold
harmless
rule
at
the
at
statute
level
at
the
state
is
that
once
you
close
a
school,
it
must
be
closed
for
five
years
before
it
can
reopen.
So
frankly,
we
didn't
want
the
school
closed
permanently,
there's
a
reason
why
we
didn't.
We
didn't
ask
for
this
school
to
be
closed
and
given
back
to
the
municipality,
we
wanted
to
keep
it
open
because
it
is
an
area
that
that
a
lot
of
people
hope
grows
in
the
future.
So
if
we
weren't
going
to
close
it,
what
was
the
best
way?
D
This
playground
this
community
alive,
where
this
building
stays
here
and
is
useful
to
ASD,
and
that
was
a
recognition
that
we
have
a
lot
of
schools
with
very
small
Pre-K
programs
that
really
aren't
being
supported
as
well
as
they
could,
because
we
don't
have
all
of
the
Specialists
we
need
in
the
district,
and
we
would
Advantage
a
lot
of
children
if
we
could
put
264
of
them
in
this
building,
walk
consolidating
some
very
low
density,
meaning
we
can't
hire
them
or
find
them
Specialists
where
they
really
could
locate
here,
not
to
mention
the
testing
capability
to
be
able
to
test
more
kids
for
entry
into
that.
D
N
And
then
actually
take
back
the
other
question
about
the
walking
plan
on
that.
What
you
just
said
are
there
any
of
these
proposed
school
closures
that
the
facility
is
going
to
be
given
back
to
the
municipality
or,
however,
that
works
we're
gonna?
Are
we
going
to
lose
these
assets
at
all.
D
There
is
one
of
those
that
we
have
recommended
that
will
go,
seek
disposition
to
the
municipality
and
that's
Abbott
Loop.
C
Thank
you,
Matt
Rosie
Anderson,
please
followed
by
George
Martinez.
G
Hi
everybody,
my
name,
is
Rosie
Anderson
and
I
have
been
asked
by
some
of
the
rock
stars
here
in
the
neighborhood
that
took
this
letter
around
to
collect
signatures
and
so
far
they
have
collected
199
signatures
for
this
nunaka
is
a
true
neighborhood
School
known
for
its
dedicated
staff
and
connection
to
the
community
teachers
and
social
workers
around
the
city
speak
well
of
the
school.
It
is
a
helpful
local
identity
and
pride.
A
volunteer
naraka
Valley
Community
Patrol
helps
at
the
school
crosswalk
Neighbors
volunteer
at
the
school-based
ski
program.
G
Students
eagerly
say
that's
my
school.
Despite
challenges,
many
students
face.
It
is
a
bright
positive
place
where
all
belong.
The
strength
of
a
small
Elementary
School,
like
nanaka
Valley
Elementary,
are
reflected
in
a
large
body
of
evidence
supporting
the
value
of
small
schools.
They
are
found
to
foster
a
greater
sense
of
belonging,
have
better
attendance
and
completion
rates
markedly
lower
incidents
of
violence
and
vandalism
and
higher
reported
teacher
satisfaction.
G
All
these
things
contribute
to
better
educational
outcomes.
Closing
these
schools
will
have
long-term
negative
consequences
for
the
neighborhoods.
Young
families
will
choose
to
invest
their
real
estate
dollars
in
energy
neighborhoods.
That
still
have
schools,
nunaka
Valley
Elementary
makes
our
neighborhood
cohesive
connecting
residents
through
a
place
of
shared
internet
interest.
G
This
will
be
lost
if
the
building
is
repurposed
to
serve
those
outside
the
neighborhood
bringing
outside
traffic
and
decreasing
the
neighborhood
walkability,
which
is
a
strong
selling
point
for
home
buyers.
Consolidation
comes
with
many
hidden
costs
and
challenges.
How
will
the
displaced
students
get
to
their
new
schools?
Won't
these
changes
accessible
exacerbate
the
busing
problem.
How
much
will
really
be
saved
if
most
of
the
buildings
are
repurposed
if
they
are
not?
What
are
the
costs
to
the
district
and
neighborhoods
if
schools
are
left
abandoned
even
temporarily?
G
How
will
consolidation,
Impact
Staff
morale
and
turnover?
How
will
it
impact
enrollment
by
the
school
board's
own
admission,
disrupting
these
students?
Education
is
likely
to
negatively
impact
their
educational
progress.
Low-Income
students
in
Title
1
schools
suffer
disproportionately
during
the
pandemic
and
should
not
be
subjected
to
further
upheaval,
while
schools
in
wealthier
neighborhood
neighborhoods
remain
undisturbed.
G
Should
be
an
option
of
Last
Resort
reduction
in
extracurricular
activities
or
Sports
reductions
in
administrative
expenses
or
the
postponement
or
cancellation
of
infrastructure
projects
should
have
come.
First,
we
ask
that
the
school
board
and
Leadership
find
solutions
that
distribute
sacrifices
more
equitably.
G
T
Good
evening,
let
me
start
by
expressing
my
appreciation
for
the
opportunity
to
be
with
you
all
tonight,
at
this
town
hall
meeting
and
for
my
deep
pride
in
my
neighbors
and
our
champions
of
this
Elementary
School.
T
My
name
is
George
Martinez
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
diverse
interests
of
the
residents
of
this
area,
as
the
president
of
this
community
council,
of
which
nunaka
Valley
Elementary
is
a
part
of
the
Northeast
Community
Council
I'm,
also
a
proud
product
of
public
education
of
a
title.
One
school
living
in
a
low-income
community
members
of
our
community
council
have
expressed
serious
concerns,
you've
heard
from
several
of
them
this
evening
and
they
have
raised
significant
questions
of
equity
displacement,
impact
to
property
values,
Community
cohesion,
among
other
things.
T
Yes,
these
concerns
are
going
to
be
echoed
by
all
of
those
communities
impacted
by
a
potential
closing
I
do
appreciate
the
board
members
who
have
been
showing
up
for
us
because
they
are
demonstrating
to
be
thoughtful
and
careful
stewards
of
our
public
education
helping
to
this
Administration
navigate
the
challenges
before
us
today.
I'll
offer
a
little
guidance
as
you
navigate
these
fiscal
challenges.
First
in
our
community,
families
are
more
likely
to
have
a
second
job
than
a
second
home
in
lower
income.
Historically
disadvantaged
communities.
We
don't
always
have
the
luxury
of
stopping
unwanted
changes.
T
T
We
acknowledge
that
structural
challenges
must
be
addressed
in
Juneau,
like
raising
the
BSA
and
equitably
distributing
resources
to
ensure
that
Anchorage
gets
its
fair
share,
but
perhaps
the
biggest
impediment
at
the
state
level
is
the
lack
of
willpower
and
understanding.
Let
me
be
clear:
the
less
we
invest
in
public
education,
the
more
we
threaten
the
repurposing
and
closing
of
schools,
the
slower
we
will
grow
and
the
faster
we
will
erode
our
tax
base
30
seconds.
We
also
know
that
population
shifts
has
impacted
the
formula
keep
us
at
the
table
as
you're
having
these
right-sizing
conversations.
T
If
we're
in
this
together
then
work
with
us
as
partners,
please
not
as
consumers
of
Education
subject
to
product
changes
from
on
high.
Please
work
with
us
at
every
table
all
the
time.
This
is
a
community
school.
This
is
a
neighborhood
that
votes
we
vote
on
school
bonds
and
we
vote
on
school
board
members.
We
would
like
a
comprehensive
strategy,
not
a
short-sighted
one
and
one
person
left
so
with
all
due
respect.
A
young
family
had
to
go
for
bath
time
and
I
offered
to
give
them
10
seconds
of
my
time,
the
Stevens
family.
T
U
Hello,
thank
you
for
coming
to
our
neighborhood.
My
name
is
Maggie.
Massey
I
have
lived
here
for
about
three
years
now
and
I
plan
to
live
here
for
a
lot
longer
than
that.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
my
neighbors,
who
are
here,
I've
learned
so
much
from
everyone
and
what
you've
been
sharing
this
evening.
I
came
here
feeling
really
strongly
that
I
was
so
opposed
to
closing
this
school,
and
my
resolve
is
only
strengthened
now
hearing
all
of
you.
So
thank
you
for
that.
U
I
am
not
a
parent
but
I'm
here,
because,
as
a
member
of
this
community,
as
a
member
of
this
neighborhood,
the
school
means
a
lot
to
me
too.
It's
an
important
part
of
how
I
think
about
where
I
live
and
who
we
are
and
how
we
interact
with
each
other
and
what
our
responsibilities
are
to
each
other
and
that
matters
to
me.
U
I
have
many
concerns
and
my
concerns
have
raised
significantly
after
hearing
from
you
all
this
evening.
I
have
concerns
about
closing
this
school
and
causing
students
to
need
to
walk
on
potentially
dangerous
roads
to
other
schools.
I'm
concerned
that,
if
busing
is
the
alternative
option
that
there
won't
actually
be
a
busing
plan
in
place
that
will
serve
those
students
and
their
families
and
I'm
not
sure
if
we
have
any
answers
to
that
yet.
U
But
that's
something
I
would
love
to
hear
more
about
and
I
am
also
extremely
concerned
about
the
percentage
of
Title
One
schools
that
are
being
proposed
for
closures
and
I
know.
A
lot
of
people
have
said
that
here
tonight,
I
came
in
concerned
about
that
I'm
leaving
even
more
concerned
about
that
and
I
guess.
One
question
that
I
have
is,
if
there's
any
explanation
that
you
can
give
for.
Why
there's
such
a
high
percentage
of
these
schools
that
are
slated
for
closure
under
this
proposal.
D
So
I
I
can
do.
I
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
it,
but
every
school
is
uniquely
different.
If
you
look
at
this
portion
of
town
in
in
Northeast
Anchorage
there's
about
10
schools
that
are
all
within
a
mile
or
less
of
each
other
when
it
was
originally
built,
there
was
a
high
concentration
of
young
people
with
children
or
people
with
larger
families,
and
so
it
was
built
exactly
the
way
it
should
have
been
built
for
that
time
period
over
time
and
and
it's
Anchorage
wide.
D
It's
not
just
this
area,
but
but
when
you
have
this
cluster
of
a
large
number
of
schools
in
a
small
area
where
now
the
percentage
of
school-aged
children
keeps
getting
smaller
every
year,
then
you
have
this
big,
huge
group,
this
chunk
of
schools,
where
there's
so
many
of
them
close
to
each
other,
but
at
the
same
time,
under
capacity
and
that's
why
this
area
was
looked
at
it
wasn't
it
wasn't,
I
mean
it
is
personal
right.
We
all
everyone
in
the
room
knows.
D
This
is
personal,
if
you,
if
you're
in
this
area
or
if
you
work
at
this
school
or
if
your
kids
go
to
this
school,
it
is
personal.
We
we
know
it's
personal,
just
like
sixth
grade
Bannon.
Orchestra
is
personal
to
some
kid.
Who's,
never
going
to
make
a
football
team
or
ignite
is
personal,
and
the
only
reason
that
kid
enjoys
going
to
school
that
week.
D
I
can
tell
you
that
our
representatives
in
Juneau
I
I've,
seen
them
almost
every
year
for
the
last
six
plus
years
and
when
I
go
into
their
offices,
not
all,
but
about
half
tell
me
that
other
than
me
and
one
or
two
other
Educators,
no
one
is
coming
to
tell
them
about
education.
Funding
year
after
year
after
year
after
year,
I
have
had
legislators.
Tell
me
that
no
one
other
than
me
is
asking
for
Education
funding.
D
They
and
they're
legitimately
concerned
about
drugs
and
crime
and
suicide
in
the
PFD,
and-
and
you
know
we-
we
saw
a
record
PFD
this
year,
but
those
legislators
who
don't
increase
school
funding
really
believe
they're
representing
their
constituents,
because
the
public
hasn't.
Let
them
know
that
education
funding
is
important
and-
and
so
you
know,
I'm,
not
slamming
people
who
have
not
had
any
constituents
tell
them.
D
Of
course
everyone
wants
Creative
Solutions
for
the
last
five
years.
If
you
look
at
those
gaps
between
the
red
line
and
the
bar,
we
have
cut
so
many
things
that
no
one
in
this
room
noticed
until
we
finally
got
down
to
everything.
That's
personal
and
and
I'm
with
you.
It's
personal
I
mean
frankly,
I
really
don't
want
to
be
up
here,
but
I
owe
it
to
you.
I
owe
it
to
try
to
explain
that
that
we
have
cut
and
cut
and
cut
and
cut
and
we're.
D
Finally,
at
the
point
we're
not
even
providing
the
level
of
service
we
need,
because
we
have
classrooms
that
are
one
and
a
half
classrooms
of
first
graders
one
and
a
half
classrooms
as
second
graders,
and
now
we
have
combo
classes,
we
average
on
any
given
week,
200
substitute
shortages
per
day,
because
we're
trying
to
spread
them
out
into
schools
that
can't
pick
up
that
class
as
if
it
was
a
three
section
grade
where
they
could
pick
up
that
other
class
and
maybe
not
having
to
have
a
substitute.
But
Anchorage
has
lost
over
5
000
students.
D
U
Thanks
for
that
and
I
guess,
I
appreciate
that
and
I'll
just
Echo
what
the
previous
speaker
said
about
all
of
us
working
together
and
making
sure
that
we're
all
communicating
to
to
get
to
a
solution
that
everyone
at
least
understands
how
we
got
there.
V
Good
evening
most
everybody
knows
me:
I'm,
Aaron,
pascar.
Excuse
me
I.
Do
the
community
Patrol
I've
done
it
for
27
years
and
the
reason
why
I
do
it?
Everybody
has
reasons
for
doing
their
own
thing.
Mine
is
for
kids,
okay,
I,
you
know,
adults
can
take
care
of
themselves.
Most
of
them
can,
but
my
mine
is
about
kids
and
the
kids
safety
and
the
kids
attitude.
V
I
now
do
the
since
I
retired
17
years
ago,
I'm,
the
one
that
does
the
crossing
guide
that
you
hear
about
so
I've
been
doing
that
for
17
years,
and
these
kids
have
a
routine
with
me.
They
come
in
I,
tell
them
to
smile,
I
tell
them
to
have
a
good
day
and
this,
and
they
say
the
same
thing
back
to
me
this.
This
is
locking
the
community.
You
know
locking
together,
not
just
me
but
with
the
kids
and
they
all
they
all
have
a
cohesion
with
each
other.
V
And
you
know
we
talk
about
money.
We
talk
about
this,
we
talk
about,
but
we
don't
talk
about
the
kids
themselves,
how
it's
affecting
them
I
mean
they're,
the
ones
that
are
being
infected
by
this.
The
if
they
get
changed
to
another
school
they're
they're
not
going
to
learn
good.
First
of
all,
because
they're
breaking
that
that
system,
not
the
system
but
the
they're.
V
Cohesion-
and
you
know
that
I'm
not
very
good
speaker
I
just
act,
but
they
really.
They
really
need
that
that
standard
and
and
being
together
in
one
place
instead
of
shipping
them
all
over.
And
you
talk
about
walking
down
the
Northern
Lights.
V
Those
people
drive
like
crazy
out
there.
You
can't
have
little
kids
walking
down
those
lights.
So
what
do
you
do?
You
got
to
bust
them,
but
we
don't
have
the
buses.
So
what's
that
going
to
be
like
you
know,
it's
just
one
thing
after
another:
we
talk
about
money.
All
the
time.
I
realize
it's
a
business,
but
these
kids
are
not
business.
They're
human
beings
and
my
I
have
three
generations.
V
That's
gone
to
this
school
I've
been
in
this
neighborhood
since
74.,
that's
48
years,
my
kids,
my
grandkids,
are
now
my
great-grandkids
are
coming
to
the
school
and
I
see
the
same
thing
with
these
other
folks,
I
said
when
they
were
little.
I
was
doing
a
Crossing
guide.
Now,
they're,
they're
adults
and
their
kids
are
coming.
I
mean
it's
just
everybody.
V
W
It's
hard
to
follow
hello.
X
W
Epstein
and
I
am
an
Alaska
licensed
engineer
who
lives
near
but
not
adjacent
to
Inland
View
Elementary
School,
which
is
located
near
Westchester.
Lagoon
Inland
view
is
a
lot
like
nunaka
Valley,
a
beloved
small
neighborhood
School.
There
are
lots
of
reasons
why
the
proposed
rebuild
of
Inlet
View
doesn't
make
sense,
but
I
will
not
go
into
those
details
tonight.
W
V
Y
Good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
thank
you.
Community
for
supporting
us.
I
am
more
than
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
the
new
NACA
Valley
family,
because
that's
what
we
are
here.
My
son
was
diagnosed
on
the
autism
spectrum.
July
23
2015.
I
had
the
choice
to
make
between
Wonder
Park
Elementary
and
nunaka
Valley
and
I.
Again.
I
am
so
blessed
that
I
chose
this
school
I'm
43
years
old,
I've
gone
to
school
in
Anchorage
I've
lived
here.
Y
My
entire
life
I
started
at
St,
Elizabeth
Van
Seton
school
I've
been
to
Northwood
Elementary
School.
Turning
in
elementary
school
Romig,
Junior
High
well
now
they're
all
going
to
be
middle
schools,
I
guess,
West,
High,
School
and
I
can
honestly
say:
I
have
never
been
in
a
family
school
community
in
a
public
school
setting
like
I
have
been
here.
My
son
has
been
going
here
for
eight
years
and
he
knows
no
other
school.
What
she
will
learn
and
we
will
all
get
through
that.
Y
But
at
the
same
time
fan
families
are
buying
homes
to
come
to
this
school
because
it
is
such
a
community
and
I
know
that
there
are
multiple
teachers
that
drive
across
town
just
to
work
at
this
school,
because
it's
such
a
family
I
have
never
had
seen
a
principal
out
playing
basketball
and
the
I
mean
this
is
such
a
special
place.
We've
got
to
fight
to
keep
this
school
and
I,
know
everything's
personal
for
everyone,
but
I
have
got
to
stand
up.
We
all
have
to
come
together
as
a
community.
Y
Z
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
Nancy
Pederson
I'm,
a
Community
member
here
in
nanaka,
Valley
and
I'm
thrilled
to
be
surrounded
by
my
neighbors
here
in
our
neighborhood
School
I,
really
appreciate
all
the
information
that
you've
shared
and
the
difficult
decisions
that
you've
been
processing
through
I
want
you
to
know
how
much
I
appreciate
that
information
that
you've
you've
presented
to
us
throughout
the
evening
today.
I
also
really
value
all
the
comments
of
our
of
my
community.
Z
Here,
the
energy
that
has
gone
into
getting
information
out,
sharing
the
word
and
making
sure
that
we
do
stand
up
and
and
help
our
community
our
neighborhoods
here.
One
of
the
reasons
my
husband
and
I
decided
to
move
to
nanaka
Valley
in
2019
was
because
of
how
walkable
this
neighborhood
is.
It
has
a
real
Community
feeling
it's
easy
for
children
to
walk
to
school.
We
can
walk
to
our
local
grocery
store.
Z
One
thing
I
found
myself
thinking
about
significantly
over
the
course
of
the
time
that
that
these
decisions
have
been
coming
forward.
Is
the
number
of
young
families
that
I
see
moving
in
here?
Other
people
who
are
like
me,
who
have
children,
we've
seen
so
many
of
them
here
and
they're
in
that
pre-elementary
age
and
are
going
to
be
growing
up
here.
Z
So
I
feel
hard,
knowing
Mr
Anderson,
that
you
shared
that
this
is
a
potential
Pre-K
place,
because
that
may
serve
a
need
and
keep
the
school
open
for
those
five
years,
but
mostly
I
hope
that
we
keep
that
Integrity
of
preschool.
That
goes
into
kindergarten.
That
is
our
all
the
way
up
through
the
fifth
grade
model,
because
there
is
so
much
value
in
our
young
students
and
our
young
children
seeing
and
learning
from
their
peers
there.
Z
There
are
others
having
people
like
nanaka
Valley
Patrol
that
comes
and
helps
take
care
of
them
and
having
that
multi-generational
experience
in
our
neighborhood
I
love.
How
diverse
this
neighborhood
is
that
it's
a
place
where
people
can
do
that
where
they
can
safely
have
their
children
walk
and
where
we
see
people
from
all
over
the
place
in
this
area.
It
truly
is
an
anchor
of.
Z
What
would
it
take
to
make
this
school
the
place
that
people
come
to,
that
is
the
brick
and
mortar
school
that
they
want
to
come
to,
that
is
that
integrity
and
rock
in
its
neighborhood
and
and
what
will
it
take
in
order
to
make
this
be
that
place
where
it's
a
neighborhood
School
the
school
on
trail
system
that
we
have
in
nanaka
and
that
it's
a
close,
walkable
and
community-based
feeling?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Nancy.
C
AA
Thank
you,
I
needed
that
last
drink
of
water
I've
been
shaking
off
whatever
it
is.
That's
been
going
around
the
schools
and
knocked
me
for
a
loop
for
12
days
good
evening.
My
name
is
Martin
Hansen
I
thought
that
I
was
retired,
but
I'm
not
three
days
a
week,
I'm
a
kindergarten,
teacher's
aide
in
a
willow
law
school
another
Title,
One
School.
AA
AA
Those
Inlet
you,
parents
who
support
the
total
rebuild,
are
very
well
organized,
very
influential,
very
political
and
possibly
most
important.
This
is
my
point:
60
to
100
Inlet
View
parents
attend
and
testify
at
school
board
meetings,
and
they
are
heard
they
press
hard
for
ASD
to
devote
that
remaining
37
million
dollars
to
rebuilding
Inlet
View
School.
AA
Well,
I'm,
encouraging
all
parents
who
care
about
their
small
neighborhood
School
to
do
the
same
thing.
It's
worth
your
while
to
attend
and
testify
at
ASD
board
meetings.
Asd
staff
officials
and
board
members
are
courteous,
well,
they're,
friendly
and
courteous
and
receptive.
They
will
listen
to
you
and
they
need
to
hear
you,
because
all
they
have
heard
so
far
is
a
parents
who
are
so
firmly
irrevocably
in
favor
of
spending
all
that
money
on
one
school.
Thank
you.
K
Good
evening
my
name
is
Liz:
Williams
I
live
in
this
neighborhood
I.
Don't
have
children,
but
I
live
here,
because
this
school
is
the
anchor
of
this
community.
The
children
in
this
title
one
school
should
not
have
to
spend
their
time
being
blessed
when,
as
others
have
said,
it's
more
healthy,
it's
environmentally
friendly
for
them
to
walk.
K
This
feels
like
educational
Injustice,
most
important.
However,
why
on
Earth,
would
we
disconnect
a
tightly
woven
community
in
these
times
of
heightened
social
division?
K
L
Good
evening
I'm
Andy
milauskas
neighbor
Community
member.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
have
learned
things
tonight,
but
what
I
would
maybe
ask
is,
as
you
go
forward
in
these,
what
I
feel
like
I
came
here
and
learned
one
of
at
least
initially
in
the
presentation.
L
L
Sorry
pardon
my
ignorance
on
what
those
may
or
may
not
have
been,
but
I
just
don't
know,
and
that
wasn't
presented
so
I
sort
of
feel
like
I
came
here
and
it's
the
old
saw
about
a
carpenter
who
only
has
a
hammer
everything's
a
nail,
so
you
know
maybe
going
forward
if
there
is
more
of
that
discussion
than
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
was
brought
up
through
these
comments,
maybe
it'll
be
answered
beforehand.
C
You
thank
you
Mary
Carla
Hollingsworth.
Please.
AB
Good
evening
my
name
is
Carla
Hollingsworth
I
go
by
Kai,
so
some
of
you
know
me
by
Carla
and
some
by
Kai.
I
am
a
paraprofessional
with
the
school
district
working
with
adults
with
special
needs
and
I
am
an
anaca
Valley
resident
for
over
20
years,
and
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
offer
some
of
the
thoughts
I've
had,
but
I
also
wanted
to
say.
AB
Some
concerns
I
have
are
indeed
that
it
seems
the
schools
that
host
Title
1
families,
families
that
what's
the
word
I
want
title.
AB
AB
I
have
a
suggestion
if
it
is
really
important
that
we
consolidate
our
related
services
staff
and
our
and
our
hard
to
find
staff
like
speech,
teachers
and
OT
and
PT.
Perhaps
we
could
do
something
like
this
model,
where
we
have
schools
that
are
underutilized
and
we
bring.
We
bring
preschool
programs
into
those
schools
to
help
fill
them,
and
we
don't
consolidate
into
one
big
program
where
again,
we've
got
this
large
group
of
very
small
people
who
need
to
see
older
students
to
know
how
to
behave.
They
don't
just
model
off
of
adults.
AB
They
model
off
of
their
just
slightly
older
children,
they're
going
to
respond.
L
AB
To
them,
so
that's
an
idea:
I
have
that
might
be
useful
to
bring
some
gain
financially
to
consolidate
our
resources,
but
not
break
up
schools
and
to
actually
create
maybe
something
even
better.
By
having
this
multi-program
approach
in
some
of
the
schools
in
East
Anchorage.
In
particular,
I
appreciate
the
information
about
the
Inlet
View
rebuild
tonight.
N
AB
C
As
far
as
our
plans,
we
are
transcripting
everything
that's
being
said
at
the
at
the
Town
Halls
I'm
kind
of
reducing
it
so
that
it
will
be
easy
for
the
board
to
understand
various
perspectives
and
for
various
ideas
that
were
Central
that
were
repeated
multiple
times,
I'm
keeping
a
log
of
how
many
people
spoke
in
favor
of
certain
issues.
So
your
perspectives
will
be
as
accurately
con
communicated
to
the
board
as
possible
and
they'll
be
able
to
see
the
extent
of
those
specific
items
that
had
a
lot
of
interest.
C
I,
we
have
not
been
doing
that,
given
how
long
these
events
have
been
running.
A
lot
of
folks
have
child
care
issues
and
it's
quarter
to
eight.
So
we
have
several
other
opportunities,
though,
where
I
think
we
would
be
able
to
receive
further
comment.
There'll
be
another
town
hall
Wednesday
night
at
clatt,
elementary,
where
we
could
also
receive
further
testimony
using
the
sign
up
process
and
also
there
will
be
virtual
events.
C
There
will
be
two
more
Town
Halls
the
third
week
of
November
just
before
Thanksgiving
and
then
there'll
be
another
two
virtual,
open
houses
and
then
another
one
in
another
virtual
Town
Hall
in
December.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
additional
opportunities,
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
we
try
to
wrap
up
tonight
and
and
and
if
you
would
allow,
we
could
receive
your
testimony
at
another
event,.
C
I'm
trying
to
decide
who
I
defer
to
because
I'm
a
guest
here
and
I'm
not
really
responsible
for
making
that
decision.
So
all
right!
Well,
there
you
go
so
we're
gonna,
go
until
the
big
hand,
sits
on
the
12
and
I'm
going
to
apologize
to
the
IT
team.
Folks
in
the
media
folks,
and
we
are
going
to
keep
a
three-minute
clock
so
MJ
if
you
could
continue
to
take
a
three-minute
clock
who
are
the
other
community
members
that
wanted
to
speak?
C
X
Hi,
my
name
is
Alicia
I'm,
a
mom
I'm,
three
kids
that
go
here.
A
lot
of
the
teachers
know
me,
my
oldest
is
in
fourth
grade
now.
Ms
Jenner
has
taught
all
my
boys,
Ms
Webb
has
taught
two
of
them.
Mr
Blake
plays
football
with
my
boys
at
recess
every
day
my
eight-year-old
has
very
severe
ADHD
and.
X
He's
not
good
with
change.
He's
he's
terrified
to
go
somewhere
else.
My
nine-year-old
actually
just
text
me
and
asked
me
how
many
driveways
he
could
shovel
to
keep
his
school
open.
X
I
didn't
plan
on
on
tearing
up
at
all,
but
this
school
is
everything
to
us.
Tell
my
boys
I'm
a
single
mom
I
mean
their
principal.
Their
teachers
show
up
to
their
football
games,
and
where
does
that
happen?
That
never
happened
for
me
as
a
kid
I've
worked
here
for
a
certain
period
of
time
about
a
year
ago,
before
I
had
my
last
child
and
helped
out
with
Miss
Terry
and
a
lot
of
the
special
needs.
X
Kids,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
preschool
programs,
no,
but
they're
and
they're
small,
but
they
work
they're
very
close-knit,
like
I
said
they.
My
family
is
very
well
known
here
and,
to
close,
this
school
would
would
be
really
rough
on
a
lot
of
people,
so
yeah
just
wanted
to
give
that.
Thank.
AC
I
was
a
little
embarrassed
but
like
in
Spanish,
not
never
embarrassed
for
speak.
My
rights
I've
been
here,
I,
have
a
question
all
these
three
Gentlemens
have
you
ever
been
in
in
nunaka,
Valley
living
or
rented.
AC
AC
Neighbor
healthy,
neighbor,
very
healthy,
I'm,
very
proud
of
being
a
nunaka
for
more
than
40
years,
never
never
hear
bad
things.
The
kids
are
perfect.
I've
been
here
as
a
substitute
I've,
been
here
as
a
substitute
as
employee
and
as
a
volunteer
in
this
school,
because
I'm
always
there
for
whoever
wants
me
to
until
God.
Take
me
because
if
God
left
me,
he
has
for
a
reason
no
for
be
sitting
or
doing
nothing.
Okay.
AC
So
in
the
name
of
everyone
who
live
in
this
neighbor
I'm
talking
and
behind
my
husband,
my
husband
was
a
great
teacher
one
of
the
best
he
was
an
Els
teacher.
He
has
the
hardest
job
ever
I.
Don't
say
that
my
teachers
don't
work
hard
because
I
work
with
teachers
and
I
work
in
one
of
the
most
difficult
School,
but
I
never
give
it
up.
AC
Everybody
told
me
that
I
was
at
basochista,
because
I
will
not
move
it
to
another
school
I
said
no
until
I'm
not
killing.
Nobody
here,
nobody
could
throw
me
out
of
here.
They
want
it
because
I
was
different.
I
thought
differ,
I,
look
different
and
all
this,
this
quality
for
them.
Not
for
me
nothing.
Nobody
is
different
for
me.
I
take
everyone
the
same
way,
I
respect
everyone
the
same
way
and
I
speak
with
my
right.
That's
why
they
baby,
don't
like
me,
but
I,
don't
care,
that's
the
way.
AC
AC
You
for
the
time
so
I
want
to
say:
please
do
something
do
something
for
this
school
for
the
community.
These
are
healthy
Community.
We
have
all.
The
community
are
not
as
healthy
as
we
are
I'm
afraid
that
these
kids
going
there
and
sixth
grade
fifth
grade
they're
not
going
to
combat
these
saying
us
that
they
graduated
here.
That's
for
sure,
thank
you.
AD
R
AD
With
us,
in
December
and
in
education,
Summit
we're
putting
something
together
if
I
can
get
the
Anchorage,
School,
District
and
other
board
members
and
the
other
school
districts
around
the
state
to
commit
to
come
to
Anchorage
and
maybe
even
make
it
a
Statewide
Summit
that
you
will
listen
to
their
concerns
before
you.
Let
before
you
go
into
session
in
January
I
know
it's
an
informal
meeting
and
before
the
words
PFD
crosses
your
lips
in
January,
because
we
know
it's
going
to,
but
we
have
to
fix
it
now.
The
board.
AD
V
D
So
so
you
know
the
timeline
the
chart
that
I
briefed
at
the
very
beginning
of
the
brief
that
showed
the
fiscal
cliff
is
the
exact
same
chart,
I
briefed
to
the
Anchorage
caucus
last
December.
Only
one
change
was
the
thirty
dollars
for
fy24
I,
briefed
that
same
chart
in
Juneau
at
house
committee,
Senate
committees.
It
was
briefed
at
joint
committees.
D
We
have
a
charter
that
requires
us
to
pass
a
budget
in
February.
We
have
a
state
statute
that
says
it
has
to
be
a
balanced
budget
in
order
to
pass
a
budget
in
February.
We
have
to
know
what
schools
are
in
that
budget
and
what
are
all
the
expenses
that
we
budget
toward
that.
So,
if
the,
if
the
legislature
could
convene
on
the
15th
of
January
and
in
the
next
several
weeks,
fix
the
BSA
problem,
I
think
board.
Members
in
the
administration
would
work
all
night
and
all
weekend
to
fix
it.
D
It
would
be
very
difficult
to
stop
that
kind
of
forward
movement
when
you
look
at
this
particular
school
and
it
has
such
an
amazing
pre-k
program.
We
already
know
that
in
round
two
closures,
if
the
legislature
can't
fix
it
and
I'll
defer
to
experienced
legislators,
but
if
they
can't
get
that
corrected
in
round
two
closures,
they're
going
to
be
many
buildings
that
we
can't
find
a
repurposed
plan
for
as
easily
as
we
could
this
time
so
I
I
when,
when
I
said,
the
staff
realizes
how
personal
this
is.
D
There's
a
lot
of
people
who
love
this
school
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
want
to
make
sure
this
school
stays
in
ASD
and
and
honestly,
the
repurposed
plan
by
picking
one
of
the
best
Pre-K
programs
in
the
city
to
be
a
base
for
expanding
out
and
being
able
to
retain
this
school.
D
In
this
community,
I
mean
there
was
a
lot
of
discussions
that
we
don't
have
publicly,
but
I
mean
I,
I,
I,
can't
think
of
anyone
who
said
anything
bad
about
nunaka
Valley
and
that's
why
we
came
up
with
a
repurposed
plan
to
keep
it
in
the
district
as
we
work
through
what
has
been
seven
straight
years
of
flat
funding
by
our
state
legislature
in
the
BSA.
D
D
Would
would
people
want
to
then
you
go
back
to
the
efficiency
in
which
schools
are
the
least
efficient,
and
do
you
continue
having
200
vacant
substitutes
every
single
day
across
the
district
when
combining
is
not
just
about
money
combining
is
also
about
efficiencies
and
and
efficiencies
make
a
difference
in
the
level
of
service
we
provide
to
kids,
regardless
of
the
amount
of
money
that
you
save.
C
All
right
well,
on
that
positive
note,
I
would
like
to
conclude
this
evening's
meeting.
Thank
everybody
for
attending
and
stay
tuned
and
we'll
continue
to
be
in
touch
with
everyone,
as
this
issue
goes
forward
thanks
again,.