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A
Hey
good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
this
evening.
This
is
our
first
of
three
virtual
town
halls
for
our
fy24
budget
Solutions
plan.
We
wrapped
up
our
in-person
Town
Halls
last
week,
tonight's
topic
and
tomorrow's
topic
will
be
focused
on
the
six
goals
that
are
recommended
to
the
school
board.
Foreclosures
and
then
Thursday
we'll
be
focused
on
the
repurposing
and
relocation
part
of
the
plan.
Tonight
our
panelists
will
be
Shannon
Bingham
from
Western
demographics.
A
Our
panelists
will
also
include
Dr
Mark
stock
assistant
superintendent,
Jim
Anderson,
chief
of
Finance
acting
Chief
Rob
Holland
for
operations,
Eric
viste
senior
director
of
Elementary,
our
run
of
show
will
be
just
the
same
as
we've
done
with
our
in-person.
Shannon
will
take
the
presentation
component
and
then
we
will
move
into
our
q,
a
part
of
that
as
well,
and
then
the
questions
and
will
be
formatted
the
same
as
our
in
person,
which
will
be
three
minutes.
A
We'll
give
you
30
seconds
a
cue
for
letting
you
know
you
have
30
seconds
left
and
then
we'll
give
a
time
please
for
the
end
of
the
three
minutes.
Also
joining
us
for
our
town
hall
as
well.
Is
our
superintendent
Dr,
Jared
Bryant,
as
well
as
many
of
our
school
board
members
who
will
be
in
an
observing
as
well
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Shannon.
A
B
You
MJ
well
good
evening.
Everyone
we
have
a
rather
difficult
challenge
to
discuss
all
over
the
West
School
Districts
have
experienced
declining
enrollment
and
diminished
birth
counts
and
rates.
During
the
past
eight
years,
the
covid
pandemic
further
exacerbated
a
nationwide
departure
from
in-person
learning
that
has
persisted
after
the
pandemic
has
more
or
less
ended.
B
Most
districts
that
lost
students
to
the
pandemic
lost
about
three
percent.
Many
districts
around
the
West
have
been
using
federal
assistance
in
order
to
maintain
their
budgets,
given
some
of
the
challenges
associated
with
the
pandemic
of
vacillating
between
in-person
and
remote
learning,
and
also
in
a
lot
of
the
cost
escalation
associated
with
recent
inflation.
B
Many
districts
this
year
and
last
have
approached
a
crisis
where
they
are
considering
closing
schools.
So
Anchorage
is
not
alone
in
considering
the
possibility
of
closing
some
of
its
schools.
We
are
suggesting
six
to
the
board
of
education
and
they
will
be
considering
that
difficult
task
during
the
month
of
December
all
over
the
West
birth
rates
are
down.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
numbers,
but
for
the
most
part,
a
lot
of
budgetary
challenges
are
also
affecting
districts.
B
As
districts
have
considered
having
fewer
children
they've
also
considered
the
concept
of
right
sizing
and
they've
explored
how
they
deliver
programs
in
their
school
districts
and
try
to
get
the
right
people
to
the
right
place
at
the
right
time.
Many
schools
have
about
35
to
38
percent
of
their
instructional
staff
as
Specialists,
meaning
speech
teachers,
meaning
special
education
teachers,
occupational
therapists,
social
workers
Etc.
So
a
lot
of
those
staff
have
become
rather
stretched
as
school
size
has
gone
down.
B
C
Thank
you
Shannon
on
the
next
slide,
you'll
see
as
it
pops
up
a
slide
that
depicts
asd's
state
and
local
funding
by
formula
from
fiscal
year
17
through
fiscal
year
24.
fiscal
year.
17
is
the
first
day
of
school
in
August
of
2016.
C
and
through
the
spring
of
2017.
If
you
look
at
the
dark,
blue
bars
on
the
bottom,
you'll
see
5930
dollars,
that's
called
the
base
student
allocation
and
the
state's
funding
formula
every
year.
They
take
our
average
daily
membership
in
the
month
of
October,
and
you
multiply
that
through
the
formula
through
a
number
of
different
factors,
and
then
you
multiply
that
times
the
base
student
allocation
or
the
BSA,
which
is
59.30
so
in
August
of
2016.
That
is
the
last
time.
C
Asd
has
seen
an
increase
and
funding
per
student
by
the
state
and
follow
on
by
the
the
local
government
as
well.
So
you'll
see
a
dark
red
line
that
goes
across
the
top
from
left
to
right
and
you'll,
see
that
it,
it
in
general
goes
up
every
single
year,
except
except
for
fiscal
year,
20.,
that
red
line
depicts
the
CPI
or
the
annual
inflation
for
Anchorage.
C
You'll.
Note
that
in
fiscal
year,
18
or
August
of
2017
there's
already
a
gap
between
the
base
student
allocation,
that's
funded
for
student
and
the
inflationary
drivers
that
impact
asd's
costs
and
you'll
see
that
that
Gap
exists
from
fiscal
year
18
all
the
way
through
this
year,
which
is
fiscal
year
23..
C
Also
on
top
of
the
dark
blue
lines,
you'll
see
some
gray
or
light
blue
or
gold
bars.
Those
are
the
gray
is
funding
that
the
district
took
out
of
their
emergency
savings.
The
light
blue
is
State
one
time
funding
and
the
gold
bars
represent
Federal
relief
funding
that
we've
had
for
the
last
several
years.
C
So
during
those
years
you
can
see
that
there
was
a
gap
in
almost
every
single
year
between
how
much
funding
we
had
and
what
the
inflationary
costs
actually
were
during
those
years.
We
closed
two
schools
merged
multiple
programs,
reduced
staff
at
the
district
level
and
at
schools
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
could
continue
operating
as
best
as
we
could,
knowing
that
every
single
year
we
started
budget
development
with
5930
as
the
base
student
allocation.
C
You
can
see
in
fiscal
year
23,
which
is
this
current
year.
We
will
have
expended
the
bulk
of
the
federal
relief
dollars
and
we'll
have
some
remaining
about
15
to
20
million
dollars
left
for
next
school
year,
but
there's
a
big
gap
equivalent
to
about
640
in
BSA
terms
and
that
equals
close
to
68
million
dollars
for
ASD.
C
So
this
budget
Gap
didn't
exist
because
we
overspent
this
year
or
we
made
poor
choices.
It
really
does
exist
because
every
year
we
have
built
our
budget
as
if
it
was
still
August
of
2016..
Now
you
will
note,
if
you
can
see
on
in
speaker,
24,
that
the
state
did
increase
the
BSA
by
thirty
dollars.
So
that
represents
a
point
five
percent
increase
over
seven
years
and
over
seven
years,
average
inflationary
costs
would
have
been
about
15
and
a
half
percent,
so
it
didn't
even
come
close
to
making
us
whole
for
next
year's
budgeting.
C
C
But
now
we're.
Finally,
at
the
point
where
this
fiscal
year
and
I've
been
briefing
the
board
since
July
and
and
we
told
them-
we
were
going
to
put
every
cost
driver
out
in
the
public,
so
they
could
see
how
much
things
cost
and
it
was
everything
from
ignite
to
sports
to
immersion.
C
C
Only
one
of
those
is
school
closures,
and-
and
this
really
does
result
from
looking
at
the
BSA
and
the
state,
making
conscious
decisions
not
to
increase
student
funding
for
the
last
seven
plus
years
on
the
next
slide,
I'll
hand
off
to
Mark
stock.
Who
will
talk
through
our
thought
process,
as
we
have
been
working
through
this
Mark.
D
You'll
see
they
actually
extend
from
the
outer
ring
into
the
inner
ring,
and
that's
because
there's
aspects
to
school
closures
that
do
affect
students,
but
in
general
we
try
to
look
at
things
like
Administration
costs
materials,
all
the
travel
costs,
all
of
the
things
that
are
operational
in
nature
and
you'll
see
those
represented
nine
percent
of
our
overall
budget.
So
our
budget
Gap
is
large
enough
that,
even
if
you
cut
everything
in
the
outside
ring,
you
would
never
be
able
to
get
to
the
level
that
we
need
to
balance
the
budget.
D
D
These
are
things
that
are
really
valued,
but
they,
when
you
have
to
look
at
starting
farthest
away
from
all
students
you
try
to
realize
there
are
some
things
in
that
middle
ring
that
are
hard
choices
that
have
to
be
at
least
looked
at
in
the
center
ring,
representing
61
of
our
entire
budget
is
direct
instruction
to
generate
general
education
and
special
education,
students
that
are
in
our
core
classes,
and
so
you
can
see
this
sum.
Total
comes
up
to
the
amount
that
represents
our
budget
and
so
far
the
total
reduction
summary
of
these
things.
D
We've
looked
at
that
they're
farther
away
from
kids
as
we
can
get,
is
representing
155,
full-time
equivalent
of
employees
and
a
total
of
16.4
million
dollars.
So,
as
you
can
see,
there's
still
a
remaining
deficit,
and
so
this
chart
it
doesn't
match
up
with
anything
to
do
with
chart
of
accounts
that
are
our
state
uses
or
anything
in
accounting.
But
it
was
a
demonstration
of
just
showing
how
we've
tried
to
start
farthest
away
from
students,
and
even
if
some
of
the
cuts
that
we've
made
don't
mean
make
a
lot
of
money.
B
Thank
you,
Dr
Stock,
so
a
lot
of
what
Mark
just
showed
as
far
as
these
functional
areas,
we
are
conducting
a
survey
and
those
four
big
categories
of
items
are
listed
in
that
survey
and
we're
hoping
that
our
school
district
patrons
will
explore
those
various
items
and
rank
them
as
far
as
what
they
see
as
priorities,
things
that
we
should
explore
things
that
we
should
not
touch.
B
B
You
are
seeing
on
this
slide
a
summary
of
our
circumstances.
We
have
declining
birth
rates
and
enrollment
18
of
our
schools
have
less
than
six
are
running
at
less
than
65
percent
of
their
capacity,
meaning
they're
about
a
third
empty.
B
A
lot
of
our
special
services
staff
are
spread,
really
thin.
We
really
want
to
get
level
of
service
up,
and
we
think
that
if
we
were
to
run
fewer
buildings
and
things
larger,
that
would
be
able
to
more
effectively
utilize
the
staff
that
we
have
I'm
working
with
four
other
districts.
Now
that
have
the
same
goal
in
mind
as
they
look
at
how
they're
operating
given
the
fact
that
they
have
significantly
fewer
students.
B
Given
the
downturn
in
enrollment,
we
want
to
read
reduce
costs
with
the
least
impact
possible
and
we
feel
we've
involved
a
lot
of
folks.
We've
had
multiple
in-person
Town
Halls,
a
total
of
six,
these
three
virtual
town
halls
and
several
board
meetings
where
this
has
been
the
lead
topic.
As
far
as
how
do
we
pick
schools?
B
Fundamentally
we're
looking
at
small
adjacent
schools
where
we
could
consolidate
in
two
schools
into
one
run,
a
larger
program
and
impact
as
many
as
few
people
as
possible.
So
we're
trying
not
to
have
a
change
effect
for
school
populations
in
one
sub-area
of
the
district,
we're
trying
to
keep
it
isolated
to
either
two
or
three.
We
would
like
to
increase
our
middle
school
program
size
by
standardizing
to
K5
at
the
elementary
school,
which
means
that
we
would,
over
a
period
of
two
or
three
years,
consider
moving
the
sixth
grade
into
the
middle
schools.
B
So
that's
also
an
item
that
is
under
consideration.
Other
items
that
you'll
see
in
the
survey
are
reducing
expenditures
on
some
of
the
specific
programs
that
Dr
Stock
mentioned
staff
at
various
Central
levels,
a
lot
of
that's
that
doctors
and
direct
support
of
school
buildings.
So
we
have
to
carefully
consider
how
we
maintain
in
our
lab
service
in
that
regard
as
well.
The
last
solution
is
always
increasing,
clap
eyes,
and
next
is
here.
You
see
quickly.
B
Five
years
later,
we
have
about
750
fewer
babies
born
each
year
than
we
did
five
years
ago.
I'm
seeing
this
same
curve
all
over
the
western
United,
States
and
other
districts
that
I
work
in
and
having
done
this
for
almost
40
years,
I've
never
seen
this
dramatic
of
a
downturn
that
has
been
sustained
and
it's
it
is
sustaining.
These
Trends
are
continuing
forward
in
all
of
the
birthing
centers
around
Anchorage.
We
are
seeing
fewer
and
fewer
babies
every
year
and
there
is
a
generalized
movement
towards
smaller
families
that
is
resulting
in
smaller
School
populations.
B
Next
slide,
please.
This
has
had
an
effect
on
the
district
for
the
last
eight
years.
As
you
can
see
here,
our
k-7
grades
have
become
significantly
smaller.
The
blue
bars
on
the
left
side
of
each
one
of
these
grade
levels
indicates
how
many
children
we
had
in
2017
and
the
red
bars
indicate
how
many
children
we
had
this
fall,
and
you
can
see
that
each
one
of
those
is
about
500
and
smaller.
B
So,
in
addition
to
having
been
affected
by
this
decline
over
the
last
seven
or
eight
years,
the
incoming
preschool-aged
children
or
even
fewer-
and
that
will
continue
to
fuel
this
enrollment
downturn
that
not
just
Anchorage
but
other
districts,
all
over
Alaska
and
all
over
the
Western
U.S
are
experiencing.
We
expect
an
average
decline
of
about
two
percent
a
year
during
the
next
five
years.
Next
slide.
Please.
B
B
The
district
wants
to
retain
control
of
any
of
these
buildings
as
possible.
Alaska's
economy
is
very
much
influenced
by
mining
energy
in
the
military.
We
know
that
there
will
be
fluctuations
where
we
may
return
to
full
enrollment
and
Fuller
population,
and
we
don't
want
to
be
blindsided
by
that
kind
of
a
return
to
a
to
Prosperity.
If
you
will
so,
we
want
to
hang
on
to
these
buildings.
So
a
lot
of
our
repurposing
strategy
is
linked
to
that
idea.
B
Schools
to
be
closed
include
Abbott
Loop,
which
is
currently
running
at
about
65
percent
Birchwood
ABC
at
about
51
clad,
which
is
a
combination
school
with
a
attendance
area
immediately
around
a
school
and
then
another
neighborhood
that
we
bring
in
from
farther
away
actually
has
a
higher
utilization,
but
is
a
school
that
is
considered
combinable
because
of
its
structure
and
how
the
the
neighborhood
is
divided:
nunaka
Valley
at
66
percent,
Northwood
at
69
and
wonder
park
at
55
percent,
the
I'll.
B
Just
let
you
read
those
two
of
those
are
Early
Childhood
centers
and
two
of
those
would
be
repurposed
as
charter
schools
that
are
currently
having
housing
problems.
Abbott
Loop
would
be
divided
between
cassoon
and
trailsides,
and
East
88th,
as
a
divider
Birchwood
would
go
to
Homestead
Clap.
The
camp
area
north
of
Minnesota,
which
is
Diamond
Estates,
would
be
assigned
to
Camp
Campbell.
B
The
area
south
of
Minnesota
would
be
us
on
Ocean
View
Monaca
Valley
would
be
divided
between
Chester
Valley
and
Russian
Jack
using
Boniface
as
a
divider
Northwood
would
go
to
Lake
hood
and
wonder.
Park
would
be
divided
between
willowah
and
Ptarmigan,
with
100
students
going
to
each
of
those
destinations.
B
So
that's
the
proposal.
We
have
nine
people
who
have
signed
up
to
speak.
We
have
a
three
minute
window
for
each
person
and
then
I
will
attempt
to
facilitate
our
panelists
to
answer
any
questions
that
may
be
as
typically,
there
is
a
mixture
of
folks
that
want
to
make
a
comment
and
other
folks
that
want
to
ask
a
question
on
this
slide.
You
can
see
that
QR
code,
the
box
with
the
little
Tyrannosaurus
in
the
middle
of
it,
and
that
is
how
you
activate
the
ASD
survey
on
this
topic.
B
E
They
are
very
comprehensive
and
I
appreciate
that
they
that
the
district
is
looking
at
making
significant
changes
that
could
benefit
students,
but
the
subtext
is
that
some
of
these
changes
do
not
actually
help
to
significantly
close
the
budget.
Gap,
yet
they've
been
the
primary
focus
and
closing
six
schools
is
a
prime
example
of
that.
E
It's
the
only
recommendation
that
I'm
aware
of
that
the
Administration
has
put
forward
and
publicized
on
the
fy24
budget
that
and
the
websites-
and
it
doesn't
seem
to
it-
only
saves
four
million
and
what
is
not
being
advertised
is
that
that's
only
for
the
first
two
years
because
of
the
impact
the
consolidation
has
with
on
on
formula
funding.
So
my
question
is:
why
hasn't
the
district
recommended
other
things
you've
talked
about,
avoiding
impact?
E
Why
isn't
the
District
administration
recommended
the
37
million
available
in
one
time
state
fund
be
used
to
fill
the
budget
Gap,
if
you
add
that
plus
the
16
million
in
District
funds,
that
puts
us
at
53
million
and
if
the
budget
Gap
turns
out
to
be
more
like
60
million,
then
we're
well
on
our
way
to
closing
that
Gap.
Admittedly,
those
are
one-time
funds,
but
the
other
message
that
I'm
hearing
is.
We
really
need
the
legislature
to
come
through
with
the
BSA
increase
the.
E
E
So
my
question
is
about
why
that's
not
being
discussed.
Why
moving.
E
Lights
Boulevard
not
being
discussed
and
how
much
that
would
save.
How
much
is
the
administration
planning
on
rent
for
that
building?
Why
a
one-time
reduction
in
in
salary
for
those
in
administration
making
over
six
figures?
Why
that's
not
being
discussed
as
a
stop
Gap
in
order
to
make
it
through
for
next
year,
and
then
we
can
do
the
longer
term
planning
that
really
requires
a
different
kind
of
community
input
and
engagement
from
the
beginning.
C
Joel,
thank
you
for
that
question.
I
think
I
can
start
this
one.
So
we
have
brief
several
things
to
the
school
board.
Besides
school
closures,
if
you've
been
following
the
board
meetings,
we've
talked
about
everything
from
the
ignite
program
for
gifted
students
through
immersion
programs
and
Outsourcing
Sports.
We've
asked
so
openly
discussed
using
District
fund
balance
the
state
one-time
funds,
as
well
as
people
to
teach
a
ratio.
C
You
know
we
we've
brought
up
a
number
of
things
and
when
you
say
that
school
closures
you
you
lose
that
Revenue
at
the
end
of
five
years,
when
the
whole
harmless
goes
away,
that
part
is
accurate,
but
when
Senator
Natasha
van
imposs
wrote
that
bill
and
got
it
passed
in
the
legislature,
the
intent
at
state
level
was
it
gives
the
district
five
years
to
find
other
other
ways
to
become
more
efficient
in
order
to
make
up
for
lost
Revenue
by
the
end
of
five
years,
but
not
to
have
to
do
it
overnight,
which
would
have
been
the
case
prior
to
the
whole
harmless
statute
being
done
when
we
talk
about
the
Early
Childhood,
centers
and
Eric
Christie
can
chime
in
if
you'd,
like,
we've
had
those
discussions,
and
frankly
we
would
have
done
that
before.
C
If
we
could
have,
we
just
never
had
buildings
to
be
able
to
do
that.
When
you
look
at
the
Ed
Center
at
least
I
publicly
talked
about
relocating
the
Ed
Center
multiple
times
this
fall,
and
when
we
looked
at
it
we
either
needed
a
middle
school
or
we
need
two
elementary
schools.
C
Our
annual
lease
is
about
four
and
a
half
million
dollars,
but
unless
we
have
other
buildings
open
up,
I.E
closed
other
schools
that
doesn't
become
an
option.
When
you
looked
at
prioritizing
how
you
would
repurpose
schools-
and
we
looked
at
the
Early
Childhood
centers
as
you
close
a
school
and
Lead
students
to
another
school,
you
had
to
move
those
Pre-K
programs
in
order
to
make
room
and
conveniently
or
not,
coincidentally,
living
them
into
a
single
established,
Early,
Childhood
Center,
which
has
been
desired
for
quite
some
time
and
all
of
those
facts.
C
Actors
now
allow
that
to
happen.
So
I
one.
You
did
amazing
math
you're
in
spot
on
within
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
of.
C
B
Okay,
well
Joel
I,
hope,
we've
answered
your
question
I.
Think
part
of
the
strategy,
for
this
also
was
a
fundamental
desire
for
the
district
to
write
size
and
try
to
get
larger
schools
so
that
we
could
have
a
better
deployment
of
our
staff
and
I.
Think
that
that's
been
one
of
the
goals
of
how
we've
proposed
our
package
hitting
four
or
five
different
strategies
for
cost
savings.
B
The
district
has
only
closed
two
schools
in
the
last
30
years,
Mount
spur
Elementary
and
mount
iliamna
preschool
and
we've
lost
over
5
000
students,
so
I
think
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
look
at
how
our
school
size
has
declined
dramatically
and
accordingly,
we're
just
trying
to
do
their
job
of
covering
this
stuff
in
the
larger
programs.
So
I
would
like
to
call
on
our
next
speaker,
who
is
Gabriella
Rodriguez
Gabriella,
the
next
three
minutes
or
yours,.
B
So
our
next
speaker
is
Harlan
Andrew
Harlan.
The
next
three
minutes
are
yours.
H
All
right,
sorry,
I've
got
them
technical
issues.
I
do
have
yeah.
I
do
have
a
few
questions
as
well,
so
I
guess
what
I
want
to
go
into
is
a
couple
of
equity
questions
that
I
see
issues
with,
as
well
as
a
political,
I,
guess
some
of
the
political
influence
that
I
see
here.
So
we
heard
during
a
work
session
on
November
18th
from
Mr
Anderson,
that
certain
politicians
in
Juno
are
pressuring
to
reduce
the
district
infrastructure
as
enrollment
members
are
going
down.
H
In
that
meeting,
you
said
that
they
use
the
term
right
sizing,
which
is,
in
other
words,
closing
schools
that
run
under
capacity
and
that
these
politicians
do
not
feel
comfortable,
allocating
any
more
money
and
to
adequately
adjust
the
PSA
if
they
don't
see
the
dish
specific
making
any
steps
towards
creating
efficiencies.
So
what
I'm
wondering
is
this?
H
One
of
the
main
reasons
why
you
decide
to
move
forward
and
propose
to
close
sixth
elementary
schools
is
really
one
of
the
very
first
options
in
publicly
public
options
that
you
have
gone
gone
forward
with
to
create
efficiencies
and
also
another
question
that
I'm
current
neighborhood
School
their
current
neighborhood
school.
H
So
if
proximity
was
an
issue,
there
is
also
other
schools
that
meet
that
criteria,
but
you
did
choose
those
five
Title
One
schools
in
neighborhoods,
with
families
of
lower
socioeconomic
status,
so,
as
I
would
say
the
member
of
a
community
in
one
of
those
neighborhoods.
What
I'm
thinking
and
what
maybe
many
citizens
are
thinking
is.
H
Did
you
pick
those
schools
to
get
the
least
amount
of
pushback
or
when
you
close
those
schools
and
communities
where
members
voices
are
most
most
likely,
the
quietest?
That's
definitely
a
concern.
I
have
and
I
would
like
to
hear
what
use
30.
F
H
So
when
closing
the
school,
she
advertise
that
much
of
the
cost
savings
comes
from
moving
charter
schools
that
pay
commercial
rent
into
neighborhood
elementary
school
buildings.
These
Charter
School
steps,
smaller
enrollment
in
the
neighborhood
schools
and
so
I'm.
Wondering
is
why
why
can't
we
house
some
of
these
include
within
the
same
field.
B
I
I've
worked
for
about
200
different
school
districts
over
the
last
40
years,
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
that
work's
been
in
Alaska,
but
most
of
it
have
been
all
over
the
Western
U.S
and
when
districts
have
gotten
to
where
they
have
a
declining
enrollment
situation
and
they
start
to
have
budgetary
challenges.
There
are
four
things
that
they
start
to
explore:
closure
decreasing
Central
supports
eliminating
programs
and
increasing
class
size
without
fail.
B
Those
were
the
four
legs
of
the
stool,
so
I
think
Mr,
Anderson
and
Dr
stocks
showed
in
the
circle
diagram
that
we're
trying
to
address
all
of
those
to
the
extent
that
we
can.
B
As
far
as
why
are
we
looking
at
five
title
schools,
initially
I
identified
12
schools
that
I
thought
were
combinable
somewhat
from
a
city
planning
standpoint
and
since
I'm
from
out
of
town
I
was
somewhat
impartial
in
identifying
schools
that
were
getting
really
small
and
where
we
had
several
schools
inside
of
a
major
arterial
box,
meaning
we
have
an
area
where
there
are
four
busy
streets:
north
south,
east,
west
and
two
are
three
schools
inside
of
that
box,
where
we
only
need
one,
and
so
that
was
the
starting
point
for
me
addressing
those,
even
though
the
other
schools
aren't
drastically
larger.
B
B
A
lot
of
the
districts
that
I
work
with-
and
you
may
not
agree
with
this
because
of
your
local
schools-
wonderful
efforts
to
address
the
needs
of
individual
child,
individual
children,
but
the
smaller
schools
are
a
little
bit
challenged
because
they
don't
have
quite
the
resource
level.
In
many
cases,
we
believe
that
we
will
be
able
to
preserve
the
majority
of
our
title.
B
One
resource
base
after
these
consolidations
would
be
implemented
if
the
board
decides
to
move
forward
with
them,
and
we
have
explored
that
and
I
think
Dr
Stock
could
probably
address
that
a
little
bit
more
Fuller.
B
As
far
as
the
charter
savings,
we
do
in
fact
save
money
if
a
charter
goes
into
those
yes,
many
of
those
schools
would
be
smaller,
but
there
would
still
be
savings
and
the
district
would
have
the
opportunity
to
hang
on
to
those
buildings
in
case
economic
circumstances
and
Anchorage
change,
and
we
need
to
reactivate
something
as
a
neighborhood,
school
and
I
would
ask
Dr
Stock
to
possibly
address
the
some
of
the
title.
B
One
service
level
exploration
that
we've
done
so
I'll
pause
for
a
second
and
see
if
Mark
would
like
to
chime
in
on
that.
D
Yes,
so
one
of
the
things
about
the
title,
one
services
that
are
provided
at
schools,
those
Services,
come
to
the
the
dollars
from
the
federal
government
under
Alaska
Alaska
distributes
them
by
District
when
they
get
to
Anchorage,
then
those
those
dollars
are
divided
up
based
on
various
formulas
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
will
do
to
ensure
that
any
students
who
are
receiving
Support
Services
in
a
school
they
receive
Title
One
funds.
We
will
take
a
once.
The
decisions
are
made
by
the
board.
D
D
D
Schools
that
are
at
65
capacity
are
left
or
less,
and
we
still
may
have
more
to
come,
and
so
our
enrollment
continues
to
drop,
and
if
we
don't
do
these
six
schools
now,
then
we're
back
to
that
where
there's
even
more
schools,
perhaps
through
the
lower
next
year,
I
want
to
bring
up
one
more
point
about
you
use
the
term.
Laura
used
the
term
right
sizing
she's
heard
that
word
used.
D
I
want
to
point
out
that
it's
kind
of
lost
in
all
this
discussion,
but
running
a
section
school
that
has
at
least
three
teachers
at
each
grade
level
is
a
very
efficient
model
and
it's
more
than
efficient,
it's
more
effective,
because
at
that
point,
teachers
can
reduce
the
number
of
combination
classrooms
where
teachers
are
teaching
multiple
grade
levels
in
one
school.
We
can
also
have
more
professional
development.
D
We
can
also
mentor
and
onboard
new
teachers
to
the
school
to
help
them
and
we
can
put
better
teachers
at
each
grade
level
and
we
can
run
the
school
not
just
more
efficiently,
that's
about
money,
but
we
can
run
it
more
effectively
and
so
that
that
is
a
common.
Whenever
we
in
my
past,
whenever
I
built
new
schools
I
never
built
an
elementary,
there
wasn't
at
least
the
three
to
four
and
sometimes
Five
Section
schools,
so
that
I
could
capitalize
on
on
our
staffing
and
use
those
the
most
effectively
possible.
D
So
I'll
stop
with
that
and
go
back
to
Shannon.
I
Thanks
so
I
have
some
some
more
questions
for
you
guys.
So
as
I'm
looking
at
all
of
this
I'm
wondering
about
our
creativity,
are
we
getting
creative
I
feel
like
we've
only
been
giving
some
extreme
options?
Are
we
thinking
outside
the
box?
Are
there
other
options
out
there?
Have
you
created
an
advisory
of
admin,
staff,
parents
and
community
members
I
feel
like
we
need
a
group
that
doesn't
just
consist
of
admin,
that's
Gathering
ideas
and
considering
all
options.
I
I
haven't
heard
much
about
the
phase
one
proposed
Cuts
other
than
the
six
schools,
music
bands,
Sports
ignite
and
immersion
programs.
Are
there
any
other
cuts
that
you're
discussing
I
heard?
You
say
that
there
are
18
schools
operating
at
65
or
lower
enrollment?
What
are
the
other
12
I
teach
preschool
and
I
have
parents
from
my
program
that
are
worried
that
their
neighborhood
schools
could
be
on
the
chopping
block
this
time
next
year
for
the
following
school
year.
I
I
Does
this
all
need
to
get
cut
this
following
school
year?
Have
I've
heard
phase
one
what's
phase
two
and
well
when
will
that
occur?
I
I
have
a
lot
of
concerns.
I'm
concerned
that
the
proposed
programs
are
things
that
kids
keep
kids
focused
and
out
of
trouble
and
Studies
have
shown
that
short
and
long-term
benefits
to
students
who
are
involved
in
these
programs.
The
proposed
programs
that
we're
discussing
cutting
are
also
skills
that
get
student
scholarships
and
great
jobs
after
school
I'm
concerned
about
what
this
will
do
to
our
entire
Community
years
from
now,
not
just
next
year,
but
the
less
desirable
school
system
will
we
lose
students
and
their
families
to
homeschooling
and
leaving
the
city
and
state.
I
C
Christina
Christie
Shannon
I
can
start
with
a
couple
of
them
Christine.
Thank
you
great
questions.
C
There
are
other
ideas
that
we're
still
researching,
in
fact,
there's
other
ideas
based
off
the
thousands
of
survey
results
that
we'll
probably
be
researching
all
the
way
through
the
month
of
January.
As
we
build
the
budget
book
and
we
don't
know,
some
of
them
seem
good
and
then,
as
you
look
at
them,
they
end
up
falling
off
the
plate
for
for
something
that
might
take
two
years
to
be
able
to
implement
so
I
think
you'll
continue
to
see
some
other
things
coming
up,
but
the
the
surveys
have.
C
We
have
thousands
of
comments
from
the
community,
which
is
the
the
intent
of
having
a
community
a
community
survey
plus
emails
to
the
staff
with
other
ideas
when
you
mentioned
after
we
put
all
these
on
the
plate,
it's
still
tough
to
get
to
zero
you're
correct
and
when
you
use
one-time
funds
like
fund
balance
or
our
emergency
savings,
or
you
use
the
state,
Bond
debt
reimbursement
money-
you
are
kicking
the
can
down
the
road
I,
don't
know
how
familiar
you
are
with
the
fiscal
cliff
chart,
but
the
state
has
been
kicking
the
cam
down
the
road
for
six
straight
years
and
if
you
go
back
to
that,
chart
you'll
see
that
we
made
reductions
in
a
lot
of
areas,
not
just
School
staff,
a
lot
of
areas
over
the
course
of
those
years
by
getting
rid
of
leases
by
combining
programs
merging
programs
into
one
site.
C
Closing
a
couple
schools
there's
been
a
lot
of
things
we've
done
over
the
last
six
years.
It
doesn't
mean
that
this
year
we
started
for
the
first
time
to
try
to
find
reductions.
Any
Ratliff
and
I
have
started
every
single
year
since
I've
been
the
CFO
starting
our
budget.
With
what
more
can
we
cut?
That's
not
in
a
classroom
and
frankly,
people
to
teach
a
ratio
didn't
really
affect
your
grade
level,
because
we've
held
ke3
harmless
all
of
those
years.
C
But
if
you
look
at
secondary
and
Middle
School
they've
already
seen
multiple
PTR
increases
in
the
last
six
or
seven
years.
The
reality
is
68
million
dollars
is
a
lot.
68
million
dollars
is
is,
is
is
close
to
700
staff
and
and
so,
when
you're
looking
for
the
the
little
magic
thing
that
gets
you
to
68,
it
doesn't
exist
when
88
of
all
of
our
resources
go
toward
people
and
benefits,
I
mean
it's
a
it's
a
great
question
and
and
and
I
get
it
that
for
every
school
out
there.
This.
C
C
We've
brought
up
a
lot
of
things
in
the
last
seven
years
that
that
have
never
happened,
and
we
always
found
a
way
to
find
something
else
that
was
less
emotional
for
the
community.
Writ
large
I
greet
this
fiscal
year
chart
this
fiscal
flip
chart
to
the
Anchorage
caucus
last
December
and
the
only
change
is
30
increase
in
BSA
for
fiscal
year
24..
This
is
not
a
result
of
the
administration
over
seven
years
of
not
trying
to
find
ways
to
continue
performing
our
mission
without
being
creative.
C
When
we
look
at
the
initial
survey
results
we-
and
this
was
as
of
last
week
about
54
of
all
the
respondents
associated
themselves
with
one
of
the
six
schools
on
that
list
for
closure
and
even
then
51
of
all
respondents
picked
closing
and
merging
consolidating
schools
as
the
number
one
solution
over
all
others,
and-
and
so
it
sounds
like
there
must
be
a
simple
way
to
do
this,
but
those
six
years
where
we
made
reductions
in
all
the
other
areas
that
didn't
potentially
impact
your
classroom.
C
C
But
you
know
it
is
about
efficiency
and
and
I
know
that
Mark
and
Shannon
have
talked
about
all
of
the
things
gained
from
having
larger
schools,
but
it
doesn't
discount
that
this
is
personal
and
and
I
I
appreciate
what
you're,
feeling
and
honestly
I
wish.
We
weren't
doing
this
either
and
so
does
pretty
much
everybody
else
here.
But
but
efficiency
is
something
that
a
school
district
should
do.
C
Even
if
you
don't
have
a
budget
shortfall,
we
just
haven't
been
able
to
over
5
000
kids,
we've
we've
closed
Mount
square
and
now
and
mount
Eliana,
and
that's
it
and
and
it
at
some
point.
The
district
does
have
to
reach
for
efficiency
as
what
some
people
would
would
call
a
creative
way
of
of
finding
a
solution.
J
Well,
thank
you.
I've
been
to
a
couple
of
your
closure
meetings
and
I
gotta,
say
that's
a
tough
job
for
all
of
you
and
I've
listened
to
some
pretty
long
answers
and
I
do
appreciate
the
hard
work
you're
going
to
put
in
you
have
been
putting
in
an
earlier
commenter
I.
Think
catcher's
last
name
jewel
was
asking.
Why
not
use
that
37
million
dollars
that
has
not
yet
been
spent?
J
It
clearly
closed
the
budget
Gap
and
for
those
parents
who
may
not
know
that
37
on
December
5th,
the
school
board
will
decide
whether
to
spend
the
37
million
to
rebuild
Inlet
View
School,
which
is
a
controversial
topic,
I
believe
that
the
school
board
or
the
school
district
at
a
survey
to
find
out
where
the
school
bond
failed
this
year
in
a
new
was
a
key
component
in
that
failure.
J
Very
few
School
blinds
fail
in
Anchorage
I
want
to
I,
guess
I'm
trying
to
say
is
parents
if
you
want
to
have
influence
you
need
to.
We
need
to
show
up
at
school
board
meetings,
especially
perhaps
on
this
December
5th
meeting
as
a
neighbor
of
MLB
school
I
know
that
those
parents
do
an
excellent
job
of
showing
up.
J
There
will
be
60
to
100
parents
at
school
board
meetings
with
their
children
and
they
will
testify,
and
it's
influential
and
all
other
parents
should
take
advantage
of
that
opportunity
and
then
I
have
a
question
of
these
meetings
been
not
live
like
the
I
mean
not
in
person
like
the
previous
four
meetings
or
six
meetings.
Pardon
me.
B
B
B
Well,
with
with
that,
I
would
say
that
our
town
hall
is
approaching
its
conclusion.
We'd
like
to
thank
everyone
who
participated
tonight,
our
panelists,
our
superintendent,
our
school
board
members
who
have
monitored
all
of
these
meetings
very
carefully
and
closely
that's
Martin
Mission.
We
have
three
board
meetings
or
three
events
coming
up
during
the
month
of
December,
during
which
a
lot
of
these
issues
will
be
decided.
B
One
of
the
things
Christine
noticed
was
or
asked
about
was:
do
we
track
change
to
make
sure
we
don't
have
children
attend
multiple
schools
over
a
period
of
years?
The
answer
to
that
question
is
yes.
I
try
to
find
all
of
the
folks
in
the
district
that
have
been
around
a
long
time
and
make
sure
I
have
a
historical
perspective
of
how
certain
schools
may
have
been
affected
by
change.
A
lot
of
our
participants
in
these
Town
Halls
have
also
made
us
aware
of
that
as
well.
B
We
have
an
additional
Town
Hall
tomorrow
night
that
will
be
identical
to
this
one
same
topic,
same
structure.
We
will
have
more
speakers
available
and
then
the
presentation
on
the
Thursday
Town
Hall
will
mostly
address
our
repurposing
strategies
and
will
address
how
those
repurposings
might
look
for
the
five
of
the
six
buildings
that
we
are
proposing
or
repurposing.
B
For
so
with
that,
I
will
ask
the
panelists
if
they
would
like
to
add
anything
to
the
good
of
the
order
here
and
if
that's
not
the
case,
we'll
ask
MJ
fam
to
conclude
the
meeting
thanks.
Everyone.
F
Thanks
Shannon,
actually
I,
don't
really
have
anything
to
add.
Shannon
really
hit
all
the
marks.
So
with
that,
we
will
close
this
out
and
we'll
be
back
here
tomorrow
at
6
p.m.
Thanks
everybody
and
have
a
great
night.