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A
B
B
B
B
B
Elementary
I'm
Kelsey
samanski,
the
principal
here
I,
want
to
welcome
Dr
Bryant.
Our
superintendent
I
want
to
also
welcome
I,
seen
a
couple
school
board
members
in
the
house
tonight
and
then,
as
our
surroundings.
The
Anchorage
School
District
directors
lead
teams
that
are
here
to
support
us
tonight
and
so.
B
C
You
very
much
thank
you
so
much
well
good
evening.
Everyone,
my
name,
is
Shannon
Bingham
I
am
a
School
planning
and
demographics
consultant
I
work
all
over
the
Western
U.S
for
school
districts.
I
have
about
a
12-year
intensive
experience
in
Alaska
and
have
worked
here
off
and
on
since
about
1990..
C
We
have
a
panel
of
folks
that
are
going
to
be
able
to
answer
questions.
What
the
structure
of
the
evening
will
be
is
we
will
have
a
very
short
15
or
20
minute
presentation,
and
then
we
will
spend
the
balance
of
the
evening.
Answering
your
questions.
We
have
at
least
three
school
board
members
in
the
room
who
I
can
see
at
this
point
and
I'll
introduce
the
panel
who
will
assist
with
answering
questions.
The
structure
will
be
after
the
presentation.
C
We
will
have
a
three-minute
window
for
everyone
who
wants
to
speak
or
ask
a
question
at
this
for
Mike,
which
will
move
up
once
we
begin
that
part
of
the
Town
Hall.
There
is
a
sign
up
sheet
that
we
need
you
to
sign
up
for,
to
have
a
opportunity
to
speak.
I
believe
it
is
out
at
the
front
desk.
We
will
get
it
in
here
in
a
second
and
you
may
have
until
the
end
of
the
presentation
to
sign
up
so
we'll
try
to
make
sure
everybody
has
an
opportunity
to
speak.
C
C
We
have
Mark
stock,
who
is
our
chief
academic
officer
and
Jim
Anderson,
who
is
our
Chief
Financial
Officer
and
administers
all
of
our
business
dealings
in
the
district?
We
have
other
people
in
the
room
who
can
also
answer
your
questions.
Dr
Jarrett
Bryant
over
at
the
far
end
our
superintendent
of
schools,
and
there
are
a
variety
of
other
Professionals
in
the
room
that
we
hope
will
answer.
Even
the
most
specific
questions
you
might
have
I
mean
we
know
you
have
a
lot
of
questions.
C
We
do
not
want
to
take
up
your
time
with
a
whole
lot
of
a
presentation,
but
we
know
that
we
are
here
for
a
very
somber
reason,
as
the
closure
of
this
school
has
been
proposed,
along
with
five
other
schools
in
the
Anchorage
School
District.
So
we
want
to
understand
your
perspectives.
This
evening
is
really
designed
for
us
to
collect
your
thoughts
and
your
ideas
on
what
we're
doing
and
help
us
understand
your
perspective
on
these
proposals.
C
We
have
about
a
68
million
dollar
budgetary
shortfall
districts
all
over
Alaska
and
all
over.
The
western
United
States
Post
covid
have
lost
about
three
percent
of
their
enrollment
districts.
All
over
the
West
have
been
experiencing
declining
enrollment
declining
birth
rates.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but
basically
we
have
fewer
and
fewer
students
to
work
with,
and
the
proposal
tonight
is
one
of
four
or
five
ideas
to
try
to
economize
and
address
the
budgetary
shortfall,
at
least
partially
that
also
that
include
a
variety
of
other
cost-saving
strategies.
D
Thanks
Shannon
hi
I'm,
Jim,
Anderson
I'm,
the
chief
finance
officer
and
tonight
I
wanted
to
walk
through
why
the
district
has
a
budget
deficit
before
I.
Do
that,
though,
you
know,
we've
been
to
a
number
of
schools
now
and
and
talked
to
the
staffs
I
do
want
to
let
the
audience
know
that
you
know
we
know
when
we
walk
into
a
room
that
for
everyone
here.
This
is
deeply
personal.
It's
absolutely
personal
to
you,
your
kids,
your
grandkids,
the
staff
who
have
formed
their
family
at
this
building
for
several
years.
D
In
many
cases
you
know
and
as
a
result
of
of
significantly
fewer
students,
more
than
five
thousand
less
than
we
used
to,
but
really
the
the
budget
deficit
did
kick
this
off
into
overdrive
this
year.
So
I
want
to
talk
through
how
did
Alaska,
how
did
Anchorage
over
time
get
such
a
large
budget
deficit?
And
if
you
look
at
the
chart
behind
me,
you'll
see
these
big
blue
dark
bars
at
the
bottom
and
each
one
on
them,
except
for
the
very
last
one
says:
five
thousand
nine
hundred
and
thirty
dollars.
D
So
the
state's
funding
formula
starts
with
the
number
of
kids
you
have
enrolled
and
then
it
goes
through
a
calculation
and
then
you
multiply
it
by
five
thousand
nine
hundred
and
thirty
dollars,
and
that
starts
the
state
and
local
funding
fiscal
year.
17,
which
is
on
your
lower
left,
is
the
first
day
of
school
in
August
of
2016..
D
If
you
look
above
that
bar
there's
a
red
line
that
continues
to
go
higher
and
higher
above
the
blue
bars
all
the
way
across
to
the
right
that
red
line
represents
the
actual
inflationary
costs
for
Anchorage
during
those
years.
With
the
exception
of
this
year,
I
kept
it
at
two
percent,
even
though
all
of
us
are
certainly
feeling
that
it's
it's
eight
plus
percent.
D
Underneath
that
red
line,
you
will
see
gaps
between
the
dark,
blue
bars
of
the
BSA
and
the
red
line
in
all
of
those
years.
For
the
last
six
years,
we
we
have
had
the
exact
same
amount
of
money
per
student
in
which
to
budget
the
school
district.
D
So
in
order
to
try
to
keep
up
with
inflationary
costs,
we
closed
two
schools.
We
merge
multiple
programs
and
we
have
been
cutting
staff
since
fiscal
year,
7
17,
to
include
that
year
and
we
have
not
been
able
to
keep
up
with
inflation,
because
the
state
has
continued
to
fund
us,
essentially
at
the
exact
same
level
as
if
it's
the
first
day
of
school
in
August
of
2016,
and
if
inflation
doesn't
affect
school
districts,
but
just
the
rest
of
the
state.
So
we
did
quite
a
few
things.
D
Besides
closing
schools,
we
also
used
fund
balance,
which
is
our
emergency
savings.
The
state
did
give
us
one-time
money,
but
usually
that
comes
in
May
or
June,
and
when
we
build
a
budget,
buy
Charter
City
Charter.
We
have
to
pass
our
budget
from
this
by
the
school
board
in
February
of
each
year
in
March,
it
has
to
be
passed
by
the
assembly
and
usually
when
we
get
one-time
funding,
it
shows
up
in
May,
June
or
July
depending
on
the
years.
D
So
we
pass
our
budget
every
year
for
the
last
six
years
as
if
we're
back
in
August
of
2016,
not
knowing
what
the
legislature
is
going
to
do.
If
you
look
at
the
last
two
and
a
half
years,
you'll
see
a
large
amount
of
federal
money,
we
did
have
a
large
amount
of
federal
money.
The
state
made
a
public
and
conscious
decision
not
to
increase
education
money
until
the
federal
money
ran
out.
So
when
you
look
at
the
far
right,
you'll
see
fiscal
year,
24,
that's
that's!
D
D
It
it
didn't
even
touch
the
inflationary
costs
and
when
you
look
at
the
BSA
in
in
fiscal
year
17
and
the
BSA
and
fiscal
year,
24
the
same
amount
of
money
59.30
in
in
2016
and
59
30.
This
school
year
is
worth
80
million
dollars
less.
So
we
have
continued
to
operate
with
less
and
less
money
every
year,
with
the
exception
of
the
one-time
money,
the
fund
balance
and,
of
course,
the
federal
relief
dollars.
D
We've
closed
schools.
We've
done
all
these
other
things
to
try
to
keep
up
with
pretending
that
we
were
still
in
August
of
2016.
But
but
when
you
look
at
that
Gap
there
will
be
a
little
bit
of
money
left
over
in
the
federal
relief
funds.
But
it's
just
not
enough
slide,
please
so
real
quick
I
just
wanted
to
to
give
you
an
idea.
If
you
look
at
these
three
bands
in
a
circle
behind
me,
the
outer
band
is
represents
what
is
district-wide
Administration.
That's
about
nine
percent
of
the
total
budget
for
ASD.
D
If
you
look
at
the
blue
band,
those
are
every
important
program
that
makes
parents
children.
Teachers
excited
every
day
to
get
up
whether
they're
ever
going
to
play
football
or
not.
They
happen
to
be
an
amazing
band
student
or
an
amazing
whatever.
Whatever
your
student
is
amazing
at
everything
in
the
blue
is
what
represents
those
programs
that
wrap
around
a
classroom
to
provide
those
things
that
make
school
exciting.
D
That's
worth
about
30
percent
of
asd's
total
budget.
So
when
we
look
at
reductions
in
that
area,
that's
about
30
percent
of
our
total
operating
funds.
The
inner
circle
is
the
special
education
and
the
general
education
classrooms
and
supports
within
the
classroom,
and
that
includes
curriculum,
I.T
everything
else.
But
it's
really
mostly
people
and
that's
where
sixty
percent
of
all
the
district's
money
lies.
D
So
if
you
look
to
the
right,
you'll
see
a
quick
chart
that
I
put
in
last
night's
board
meeting,
and
you
can
see
that
at
this
point
we
we've
gone
through
16
of
the
Departments
within
the
district
admin
and
and
we're
already
at
about
five
percent
reduction
in
people
over
seven
percent
in
total
reduction
of
other
costs.
And
then
you
can
move
down
and
see.
D
The
middle
ring
is
about
eight
percent
in
personnel
and
seven
percent,
in
other
things,
to
include
Personnel
costs
and
we
still
can't
get
there,
and
this
is
with
every
horrible
decision
that
we've
asked
the
board
to
look
at
if
they
said
yes
to
all
of
them
to
include
the
school
closures,
we're
still
40
million
dollars
short
in
getting
to
a
balanced
budget,
and
there
there
are
other
options
that
you'll
see
in
the
next
couple
board.
Meetings
and
I
just
hope
that
you
know
the
reason
that
board
members
are
here
tonight.
D
They
they
do
want
your
input.
We
want
your
input
because,
as
you
build
a
cut
list
to
get
to
zero
you're,
also
building
the
prioritized
list,
if,
if
the
educa,
if
the
legislature
is
successful
and
and
so
they
do
want
your
priorities-
and
we
all
do
so
as
we
go
through
this
tonight,
when
you
have
questions
please,
we
will
give
you
the
the
most
honest
answer,
whether
it's
what
you
want
to
hear
or
not,
because
we
owe
you
that
this
is.
This
is
a
lot
of
kids.
Here.
C
Thank
you
Jim
before
we
proceed
further
I've
got
about
four
seats
over
here
and
there
are
four
seats
in
the
center.
Would
anyone
like
to
sit
down
if
you
wanted
to
kind
of
come
now
and
have
a
seat?
We
would
welcome
that.
The
sign
up
sheet
is
right
in
front
of
board
member
Donnelly
right
here
next
to
the
projector.
If
anyone
would
like
to
sign
up
to
speak,
I'm
going
to
speak
for
maybe
another
four
or
five
minutes
so
come
on
over
and
get
your
name
on
that
list.
C
If
you
would
like
to
speak
once
we
move
into
the
public
hearing
part
of
the
Town
Hall.
So
as
Mr
Anderson
alluded,
there
are
a
variety
of
things
affecting
us.
We
have
about.
18
percent
of
our
schools
are
at
65
percent
capacity
or
below
since
1995.
We've
closed
two
schools,
but
we
still
have
53
of
the
55
schools
that
we
had
back
then,
and
we've
lost
thousands
of
students
as
have
districts
all
over
the
West
all
over
Alaska.
C
So
there's
we'll
we'll
take
questions
once
we
get
into
the
hearing
I'm
going
to
try
to
rush
through
this,
so
that
I
can
get
everybody
an
opportunity
to
speak.
Are
you
on
the
list
to
speak?
Sir?
Okay?
Good?
Thank
you.
C
So
we
have
special
services
staff
so
in
every
building
about
38
of
the
teaching
staff
for
occupational
therapists
speech,
therapists,
physical
therapists,
special
education
teachers,
instructional
coaches,
even
art
music
in
PE
are
fractional
in
a
lot
of
our
buildings,
meaning
it's
not
a
full-time
job.
Some
of
those
teachers
have
three
or
four
locations
that
they
work
at.
So
one
of
the
strategies
that
districts
that
have
a
lot
of
small
schools
have
pursued
is
trying
to
get
bigger,
try
to
approach
a
three-round
school.
C
So
the
goal
of
a
lot
of
the
school
consolidation
efforts
that
we
see
in
the
west
is
to
create
larger
schools.
All
over
the
Western
U.S
school
districts
have
lost
about
three
percent
of
their
enrollment.
Due
to
the
pandemic.
They
are
experiencing
declining
birth
rates,
they're
just
experiencing
declining
enrollments
in
districts
all
over
the
West
are
closing
schools,
unfortunately,
so
we're
not
really
alone.
In
that
regard.
C
I
work
for
quite
a
few
districts
that
have
30
000
students
or
more
that
are
closing
schools
and
I've
actually
worked
for
one
District
that
has
about
1500
students
that
actually
closed
a
school.
So
a
lot
of
that
sort
of
thing
happening
in
the
west.
The
efficiency
goals
are
to
try
to
increase
our
level
of
service.
So
if
we
have
a
bigger
school
with
more
adults
in
the
building,
we
believe
that
we
can
do
a
better
job.
C
As
far
as
what
have
we
done
here
in
Anchorage,
we've
mostly
focused
on
small
schools,
a
lot
of
the
districts
that
have
really
looked
at
a
scientific
approach
to
how
to
do.
This
have
come
back
to
the
idea
of
identifying
their
smallest
schools
that
are
adjacent
to
each
other
that
are
combinable,
meaning.
We
could
combine
two
schools
together
into
a
larger
school
and
wind
up
with
one
operating
budget.
C
That's
what
the
majority
of
the
districts
have
done
that
mostly
looked
at
smaller
schools.
So
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
clat,
specifically
in
just
a
moment,
but
that's
been
the
overwhelming
strategy
as
far
as
what's
happening
to
us
in
Anchorage,
we
have
about
750
babies
every
year
than
we
had
five
years
ago.
C
So
we're
expecting
this
to
get
quite
a
bit
worse.
Young
people
have
been
leaving
the
Anchorage
Bowl
in
the
state
of
Alaska
for
quite
some
time
now
and
we're
looking
at
the
incoming
preschool-aged
children.
Just
a
set
of
kids
that
we
have
work
to
work
with
is
smaller
every
year,
so
we
have
750
fewer
than
we
did
five
years
ago
and
already
the
bars
on
the
left
that
are
blue
are
how
many
kids
we
had
per
grade
in
2017.
C
C
As
far
as
the
schools
that
are
going
to
consolidate
the
six
that
are
proposed
at
this
point
are
shown
on
this
menu
one
at
a
time,
so
we're
seeing
Abbott,
Loop,
Birchwood,
clatt,
nanaka,
Valley,
Northwood
and
wonder
Park,
and
you
can
see
in
the
middle
of
what
the
repurposing
option
might
be,
and
then
there
are
destination
schools
on
the
right
as
far
as
where
they
would
go
as
far
as
in
clat.
C
Our
proposal
is
for
the
diamond
Estates
neighborhood
to
be
assigned
to
Campbell
stem
and
for
the
area
immediately
around
clat
to
be
assigned
to
Ocean
View.
There
are
about
191
students
that
live
in
Diamond
Estates
and
there
are
about
125
students
immediately
around
clatt
here
and
the
whole
idea
behind
this
consolidation
was
that
between
ocean
view
and
and
clap
and
and
the
school
to
the
West.
C
We
really
only
need
two
schools
when
we
have
three,
so
that's
the
whole
reason
why
we've
looked
at
this
as
far
as
how
would
that
be
divided
up
from
a
special
program
standpoint,
we
would
have
a
very
careful
examination
of
the
school
and
the
students
that
are
in
special
education
programs.
Then
we
would
relocate
those
students
to
an
appropriate
location
with
an
appropriate
teacher
in
an
appropriate
sized
section
that
would
either
be
in
Bayshore,
Ocean,
View
or
another
school
immediately
adjacent
to
clat.
So
that's
the
basic
strategy
there.
We
can
answer
details
on
that.
C
So
that's
our
presentation
tonight.
We
would
like
to
answer
as
many
questions
as
possible.
I
would
like
to
collect
the
sign
up
sheet
now
if
I
could
and
I'm
going
to
start
calling
on
people
one
at
a
time
to
come
forward
and
speak
and
I'll
identify
somebody
on
deck
and
since
we're
kind
of
thank
you
since
we're
crowded,
when
you
know
you're
on
Deck,
try
to
move
over
to
the
general
area
where
the
microphone
is
so
that
you'll
have
an
opportunity
to
speak.
C
Yes
and
so
MJ
fim
back
at
this
microphone
is
going
to
run
our
three
minute
timer
and
he
will
indicate
when
we're
30
seconds
away
from
the
end
of
your
time.
So
if
we
could
just
respect
that
three-minute
limit,
we
would
appreciate
it.
So
MJ
will
be
the
clock
guy.
So
thank
you
so
much.
F
Since
I
am
first
I
have
a
logistics
question
to
ask
before
I
begin.
I
do
have
some
questions,
but
does
the
answers
fall
into
my
three
minutes.
C
F
Anchorage
School
of
yanashek
I've
taught
Arctic
clatt
for
over
30
years
and
I've
recently
retired
I
still
consider
this
my
school
I'm
concerned
for
the
students
of
this
community,
the
excellent
staff
and
our
parents,
I've
heard
where
our
students
will
be
placed
and
that
question
has
already
been
answered.
F
Our
school,
the
last
time,
I
checked
and
there
on
the
board.
It
says
that
we
are
at
a
92
percent,
enrollment
I'm
curious
as
to
the
enrollment
percentages
of
the
two
mentioned
schools.
What
are
they
at
this
point?
And
that's
probably
something
that
you
can't
answer
right
now,
but
it
needs
to
be
answered
sometime
sure.
What
were
their
present
percentages
change
to
after
clat
is
added
on
again
needs
to
be
answered.
Maybe
not
at
this
time
will
they
be
able
to
have
room
for
us
without
increasing
class
size
or
adding
Portables?
F
Will
there
be?
Will
they
be
able
to
provide
all
the
services
that
our
students
receive
here
at
clatt?
This
question
has
to
have
a
guarantee
our
student
bus
riders
will
increase.
Are
you
going
to
guarantee
that
there
will
be
more
than
adequate
transportation
for
our
community
walkers
and
again
needs
to
be
answered?
Maybe
not
at
this
time
will
receive
District
help
in
the
move
of
our
entire
student
enrollment.
These
students
do
not
understand
why
this
is
being
done.
F
F
F
G
G
F
C
Thank
you
missy,
honest
yet
so
I'd
like
to
there
three
of
us
will
attempt
to
answer
your
question.
We've
carefully
walked
through
Campbell
and
networked
with
the
principal
at
that
school
and
explored
the
space
that's
available
there,
and
we
believe
that
diamond
Estates
would
in
fact
be
able
to
be
accommodated
at
Campbell
and
that
there
would
not
be
undue
crowding
within
the
existing
sections
and
additional
new
classrooms
that
would
be
brought
on
to
accommodate
the
children
that
would
come
from
Diamond
Estates
we've
gone
through
and
done
that
homework.
C
As
far
as
that
working
regarding
Ocean
View,
we
have
quite
a
bit
of
available
space
and
Ocean
View
and
we
believe
the
125
students
that
live
in
this
attendance.
H
C
Could
be
accommodated
at
Ocean
View,
so
basically,
we
are
convinced
that
both
of
those
gen
Ed
populations
would
fit
at
those
schools.
Now,
regarding
preschool
and
special
education,
the
accommodation
of
those
programs
would
be
Regional
and
it
may
not
be
exactly
at
those
two
locations.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
I'd
like
to
ask
Jim
Anderson
to
address
the
transportation
improvements
that
we've
recently
accomplished
and
then
I'd
like
to
ask
Eric
this
state
to
comment
a
little
bit
on
preschool
and
special
ed
and
what
our
strategy
might
be.
I
I
We
we've
done
the
things
we
mentioned
earlier
about
working
with
a
national,
Transportation
consultant
and
purchasing
a
new
software
program,
which
has
will
be
implemented.
We've
had
the
initial
round
of
conversations
with
the
consultant
and
we've
come
up
with
a
way
to
start
consolidating
routes
and
becoming
more
efficient
than
we
ever
have
before.
This
means
we'll
be
less
dependent
on
a
larger
number
of
drivers
and
it's
just
the
start
of
a
of
a
long-term
efficiency
reimagining
of
our
transportation
program.
I
So,
in
the
near
future,
we
will
be
announcing
the
date
when
we'll
be
able
to
rotate
out
of
the
cohort
model.
It's
getting
close
and
we're
not
going
to
stop
there
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
that
model
more
efficient.
So
we
are
confident
that
we're
going
to
have
a
long-term
solution
to
the
transportation
issue.
Thank
you.
Eric.
J
And
with
regard
to
preschool
and
structural
learning
classrooms
within
the
last
year,
we
have
relocated
another
structure
learning
program.
We
do
recognize
the
population
of
students
that
are
structural,
Learning
Classroom
serves,
we
do
know
the
individual
needs
and
the
particular
needs
with
the
with
which
those
students
need
services.
So,
while
the
exact
locations
haven't
been
completely
identified,
our
Special
Education
team
is
working
with
our
general,
our
elementary
Ed
team,
to
look
at
where
that
placement
would
be.
We
do
know
that
on
the
south
side
of
town
Bowman
elementary
school
has
a
has
a
successful
program.
K
Right
so
I
have
a
couple
comments
in
and
I
have
I
had
some
questions.
Jim
I
I
am
a
Director
of
Finance
myself.
I
can
only
imagine
the
terrible
choices
you're
having
to
go
through
to
balance
your
budget,
and
you
know
and
I
appreciate
everybody
coming
together
to
do
so
and
I
know
a
lot
of
This
falls
on
the
state
level.
You
know
it
it
filters
down
in
regarding
to
the
data
that
have
we've
seen
in
regarding
census,
birth
rates
and
those
kinds
of
items
predicting
incoming
students.
K
Have
we
had
any
conversations
with
pick
to
help
us
determine
how
many
students
we
anticipate
coming
into
the
pre-case
bed
program
and
I'm
I'm,
assuming
you're,
using
the
sped
four-year-olds
for
to
determine
how
many
sped
children
in
the
kindergarten
will
be
coming
in,
and
my
big
question
in
regards
to
that
is:
have
you
seen
those
rates
for
The
Kindergartners
coming
in
and
sped
different
programs
decreases
well
as
the
rest
of
the
program
in
the
General
Ed
portion
of
things.
K
The
other
question
I
have
is
in
regards
because
my
I
am
a
parent
of
a
well
I'm
a
grandparent.
Actually,
we
have
guardianship
of
our
grandson
who
attends
clot
here
in
the
SLC
program,
and
so
him
moving
has
me
very
concerned.
K
Will
his
his
language,
arts
or
sorry
his
speech
and
his
OT
follow
him
wherever
he
gets
reassigned,
they're
the
ones
that
have
worked
with
him
for
four
years?
K
They
know
him,
they
know
where
he's
at
and
if
we
move
he
is
going
to
start
over
again
with
somebody
new
these
little
guys
that
are
autistic
and
have
hard
time
with
change.
That's
going
to
set
them
back.
They've
already
been
set
back
with
covid
I
know.
You
guys
have
heard
this
over
and
over
again
I've
watched
all
the
town
halls.
I've
watched
the
school
board
meetings,
so
my
question
is
regarding
the
staff
following
them
with
the
SLC
programs.
K
If
they
are
removed
and
if
they
are
moved,
it's
going
to
be
important
for
us
as
parents
to
know
where
they're
moving
yes,
sorry
extended
school
year
for
him
was
I'm
so
glad
it
was
only
half
day.
He
spent
45
minutes
to
get
to
school,
did
a
half
day
of
school
an
hour
and
15
minutes
to
get
home.
If
that
is
what
he's
going
to
expect
during
the
regular
school
year,.
K
He's
going
to
be
spending
more
time
out
from
the
time
he
leaves
my
house
on
that
bus
to
get
to
school
do
school
and
get
home.
He
will
spend
more
time
at
school
than
an
adult
who
is
working
a
full-time
job
and
that's
just
I
and
I'm
glad
you
guys
are
working
with
a
transportation
portion
of
it
to
consolidate,
because
I
have
two
sped
buses
that
go
through
my
my
my
neighborhood
at
the
exact
same
time
and
I'm
sure
they
are
serving
the
same
three
Elementary.
Please
thank
you.
C
So
let
me
address
your
three
questions
regarding
in
accounting
for
incoming
preschool.
The
health
department
in
Alaska
is
not
geolocating
birth
certificates.
So
we
have
overall
statistics
for
the
municipality
in
the
state,
but
we
don't
have
attendance
area,
specific
birth
data,
we're
looking
at
census,
tract
data
and
identifying
zero
to
four-year-olds,
but
that
was
collected
in
April
of
2019..
C
So
it's
a
little
old
but
I
look
very
carefully
at
how
many
preschool
kids
are
in
an
attendance
area
and
are
we
serving
preschool
children,
regionally,
meaning
three
Elementary
School
attendance
areas,
feed
a
preschool,
that's
located
at
one
school
and
the
district
does
an
incredibly
good
job
of
of
servicing
preschool
children
regionally,
which
is
why
we
think
the
Early
Childhood
Center
model
would
work
well
here,
meaning
a
building
with
a
couple
hundred
preschool
kids
in
it
very
much
Taylor
alert
to
addressing
the
needs
of
three
and
four-year-old
children.
C
We
don't
have
a
full
cohort
of
four-year-olds
in
our
preschool
programs.
It's
very
fractional
and
in
fact,
I
think.
The
combination
of
three
and
four-year-olds
is
less
than
half
the
size
of
our
kindergarten.
So
we
don't
have
a
full
set
moving
in.
So
everything's
very
fractional
and
hard
to
predict,
but
we've
done
a
pretty
good
job
of
predicting
incoming
K
and
we're
correlating
to
the
incoming
birth
numbers.
Overall.
J
Chelsea
Moreau
who's,
our
preschool
director.
She
she's
been
working
instrumentally
through
behind
the
scenes
and
working
with
the
program.
In
fact
expanding
our
preschool
footprint
to
help
serve
more
kids.
Your
specific
question
about
answering
well
pick
I,
don't
have
that
answer.
I
will
I
will
follow
up
and
check
into
that.
Make
sure
that
we're
coordinating
with
that
great
question:
mm-hmm
yeah
we
we
do
partner
with
programs
for
infants
and
children
pick
program
if
anyone
doesn't
know
that,
but
we
do
partner
with
them
and
do
have
open
Communications.
I
Regarding
right
time
on
the
bus
and
and
I
would
invite
you
to
after
this,
if
you
do
have
a
minute,
I
could
get
specific
information
on
the
route
that
we
don't
talk
about
specific
routes,
obviously
ever
in
public,
but
there
have
been
a
number
of
things
as
we've
moved
through
the
cohort
model
and
put
back
routes
based
on
safety
and
density,
as
opposed
to
condensing
cohorts
cohorts
further.
Some
of
that
has
had
been
impacted
by
the
number
of
drivers
available
with
absenteeism.
Also
that's
part
of
the
model
that
is
becoming
greatly
relaxed.
I
Now,
as
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
in
the
ensuing
weeks,
we've
got
a
lot
more
drivers
coming
on,
so
all
of
the
routes
are
being
redone.
That's
why
it's
not
a
simple,
quick
announcement
on
a
certain
date.
We're
not
ready
to
say
that
yet,
but
part
of
that
work
with
the
consultant
was
rerouting
everything
to
cycle
out
of
the
cohort
model
and
I,
and
this
has
been
asked
by
other
people.
It's
very
important.
I
It's
really
a
a
relaying
out
of
the
routes,
renumbering
routes,
some
of
the
pickup
and
drop-off
times-
will
vary,
and
that
will
all
be
very
clearly
communicated
when
it's
time
with
a
lot
of
time
to
look
that
up
on
Parent,
Connect
and
those
time
adjustments
will
factor
in.
So
there
will
be
less
ride
time
on
certain
routes
very
quickly
on
the
sped
issue.
We
do
get
this
a
lot
and
I'd
like
to
address
it.
You
see
a
bus,
maybe
it's
a
sped
bus
drive
right
by
your
house
and
you
notice
two
students
on
it.
I
L
L
And
my
sister's
name
is
Sanaya.
This
is
my
dad.
Sam
brother
and
mom
who's
been
very
supportive
of
the
love
we
have
for
our
school.
My
sister
and
I
have
both
attended
clatt
Elementary
School
for
several
years.
My
dad
is
well
attended,
clap
for
from
4th
through
6th
grade.
We
are
a
Samoan
family
and
in
our
culture,
family
is
everything.
That
is
why
we
as
a
family
called
our
second
family.
Music
speaks
to
us
and
we
hope
this
song
speaks
to
you.
L
Sometimes,
with
the
decisions
adults
make
affects
us
children,
my
sister
and
I
just
want
to
focus
on
learning
and
having
fun
here
at
Cloud,
Elementary
School.
This
song
we
want
to
sing,
represents
a
dream
about
everything:
to
be
peaceful,
where
kids
can
focus
on
learning
and
playing.
Cloud
represents
a
place
where
we
feel
comfortable
and
safe.
Also,
we're
learning
is
enjoyable
and
fun.
M
M
M
G
C
N
Seriously,
thank
you
for
singing.
My
name
is
Summer
Johnson
Thomas
in
March
2020.
My
son
was
in
kindergarten.
The
first
two
years
of
public
school
for
him
were
a
blur.
He
can't
remember,
because
five
and
six-year-olds
don't
make
long-term
memories
from
looking
at
computer
screens.
In
the
midst
of
all
that
uncertainty,
I
bought
my
first
house
right
next
to
an
elementary
school
class.
The
very
first
thing
I
did
was
show
my
son,
the
school
and
how
he
could
walk
there.
I
remember
thinking
I'm
so
happy
to
be
giving
him
a
better
life.
N
The
pandemic
restrictions
were
being
lifted,
I
felt
hope.
Mine
is
just
one
small
story
out
of
hundreds,
and
if
these
Town
Halls
are
not
a
Revival,
let
them
be
a
funeral
procession.
We
are
grieving.
These
six
schools,
which
are
second
homes
to
all
the
children
who
attend
them.
Communities
unto
themselves
are
being
sacrificed
for
six
percent
of
a
budget
deficit.
N
Six
percent,
my
son's
life
upended,
twenty
percent
of
all
Title
One
elementary
schools
are
being
recommended
for
closure.
Low-Income
families
in
Anchorage
are
being
forced
to
lose
their
neighborhood
schools
to
cover
six
percent
of
a
deficit
for
one
budget
year
and
Title.
1
schools
like
clatt,
typically
don't
have
op-eds
from
former
mayors
to
save
them.
N
So
here
lies
Cloud
Elementary,
my
son's
Beloved
School
named
for
Homesteader
Les
clatt.
He
and
his
wife
Doris,
were
inspired
by
the
book
opportunity
in
Alaska
and
moved
here
in
1947.,
Mr
clatt
died
only
10
years
ago.
There
are
over
350
students
who
attend
clat,
and
it
is
at
92
percent
capacity.
The
teacher
retention
rate
is
high.
The
unique
culture
that
Fosters
teacher
retention
here
has
been
built
over
many
many
years,
and
it
is
something
that
cannot
be
calculated
by
a
consultant.
N
N
The
more
heartbreaks
my
family
suffers
because
of
the
poor
governance
of
the
city
and
state,
the
less
likely
I
am
to
think
of
Alaska
as
home.
Even
though
I
was
born
here,
I
am
becoming
more
and
more
convinced
that
we
are
all
living
in
the
rotting
carcass
of
an
oil
boom
city
that
has
been
dying
for
over
a
decade
and
the
current
politicians
in
power
know
this
and
are
trying
to
make
their
fortunes
selling
off
the
scraps.
N
While
waxing
poetic
about
the
moral
value
of
tightening
belts,
I
implore
everyone
to
keep
watching
Anchorage
in
Alaska
watch
the
lack
of
bussing
schools,
close
Library
hours,
dwindle
watch,
Public
Services
become
privatized
watch
who
really
has
opportunity
in
Alaska
and
what
they're
doing
to
the
rest
of
us
to
get
it.
And
if
it's
upsetting
I
encourage
you
to
get
involved
and
vote.
O
O
O
What
about
the
33
languages
spoken
at
the
school
I
have
never
in
my
history,
with
ASD
saw
a
community
create
five
languages
in
every
newsletter.
I
have
not
seen
more
deserving
group
than
the
diamond
Estates
kids
that
are
bully
because
they're
bust,
so
that
the
self
and
golden
view
can
be
diverse
and
we're
going
to
torture.
The
elementary
the
same,
how
my
daughter
is
pre-med
right
now
because
of
teachers
in
this
school
today,
in
four
years
she
will
be
a
doctor
serving
in
Alaska
because
of
this
school.
O
O
E
O
P
Hi,
my
name
is
Abel
hours
and
I
have
been
attending
clock.
For
six
years.
My
brother
and
some
of
my
friends
Camila
Lana
Adrian,
my
brother
Evan,
ever
since
I
got
here.
I
have
loved
clatt.
Here
are
a
few
examples.
Why
is
a
place
where
I
feel
loved?
Almost
everyone
is
kind
to
me
and
makes
me
feel
special.
When
I
broke
my
foot,
my
friend
Zoe.
P
P
P
P
Q
My
name
is:
Ashley
Headley
I'm,
a
fifth
grade
teacher
here,
clat
and
I'm
honored,
to
report
that,
although
this
dark
cloud
of
uncertainty
has
been
weighing
over
our
school,
you
would
never
know
it
from
asking
our
students.
Our
staff
has
been
a
constant
in
their
lives
most
since
kindergarten
are
first
grade
16
of
my
26
and
that
steady
presence
has
been
unwavering
since
receiving
the
news
of
the
potential
closure.
Our
staff
has
shown
up
every
day
with
bells
on,
while
morning
noon
and
night,
our
staff
group
chat
group
chat
is
buzzing
with
ideas
and
suggestions.
Q
We
are
revising
statements,
throwing
impromptu
meetings
during
our
planning
times,
logging
after
hours
efforts
to
keep
our
school
open.
We
our
staff,
our
students,
our
family,
feel
blindsided
by
this
announcement.
Instead
of
backing
down,
we
have
become
closer.
We
are
a
unified
voice
for
our
community,
all
while
maintaining
our
day
as
teachers.
In
response
to
president
Bellamy's
closing
statements
last
night,
how
could
we
not
feel
less
than
or
inferior
to
our
other
schools
and
programs?
Q
How
could
we
not
feel
that
our
community
is
not
a
priority
when
these
closure
reports
support
students
crossing
over
Diamond
Boulevard
to
a
building
that
will
be
well
over
capacity
and
is
older?
How
could
we
not
feel
that
the
only
title
School
in
South
Anchorage
is
being
considered
when
there
are
schools
with
lower
capacities
than
ours?
Our
building
is
being
suggested
to
re-house
a
charter
school.
How
can
our
students
not
feel
as
important
as
those
students
a
decision
to
keep
emergent
schools
was
made
in
two
weeks.
We
are
still
waiting
until
December.
Q
How
can
we
feel
that
that
is
equitable
I
watched
an
hour's
worth
of
student
testimonies
at
last
evening's
school
board
meeting
in
person
about
emergent
schools,
I
saw
Stellar
examples
of
the
advantages
of
being
bilingual
and
how
it
transcends
into
success.
In
your
adult
life,
we
have
127
ell
students
amongst
them.
11
languages
are
spoken,
46,
Spanish,
26,
25
Hmong
in
additions.
Our
students
speak
to
Samoan
Lao,
yupik
Tagalog,
Korean,
Russian
Urdu,
to
name
a
few.
Q
So,
although
we
don't
have
an
immersion
in
our
title,
it
could
be
our
good
that
we
too
are
an
immersion
program.
We
are
teaching
our
students
to
be
successful
in
English,
while
including
and
welcoming
their
vast
array
of
cultures
here
at
school.
Although
this
proposal
is
brought
forward,
an
immense
amount
of
stress,
it
has
made
our
community
our
close
Community,
even
more
tight-knit
and
unified.
Thank
you.
R
Virtually
I've
been
a
resident
of
Alaska
since
1973.
when
I
came
back
into
this
building.
It
brought
back
way
too
many
memories,
because
I
opened
the
school
20
40
years
ago.
I
hope
you
remember
me,
as
the
first
I
taught
second
grade,
there's
a
couple.
Other
students
there's
Amy
is
over
here.
Also
a
parent
who
goes
here,
she's,
been
through
a
whole
bunch
of
kids
and
Amy,
has
also
and
illustria
staff
members
are
still
around
they've,
been
here
probably
longer
than
I
was
for
25
plus
years
in
this
building.
R
I
do
Barb
had
some
excellent
questions
and
I
hope
that
the
copious
notes
were
taken,
because
those
are
some
of
the
ones
that
I
had
on
my
notes,
but
I'll
go
a
little
bit
further
I'm
having
a
question
about
both
the
home
school,
the
Daya
as
well
as
charter
schools.
Where
is
the
money
being
saved
instead
of
shuttering
the
building
I'm,
not
really
seeing
anything
coming
out
from
the
district
I,
don't
know
what
a
contract
is
with
Charter
Schools.
Those
are.
Some
of
the
questions
doesn't
have
to
be
answered.
R
What
are
the
long-term
costs
or
the
long-term
contracts
with
Charter
Schools?
Is
it
forever
or
what
if
they
go,
Belly
Up
or
what,
if
they
get
de-chartered
by
the
state
or
by
the
school
district,
the
receiving
schools
I
substitute
still
at
a
number
of
schools
in
town
other
schools
around
are
going
what's
going
to
happen
next,
the
school
I
sub
at
almost
every
day
has
600
kids
in
it.
When
this
school
was
built,
Ocean
View
was
packed,
rabbit
Creek
was
packed.
R
R
R
For
housing
there's
also
a
school
site
within
diameter,
States
I,
don't
know
if
it's
been
vacated
at
yet.
When
we
built
this,
it
was.
What
are
we
going
to
do
with
the
diamond
States
area?
And
if
you
look
at
the
little
cross
sections
in
through
there
you'll
see
that
Bayshore
was
closer
nope,
they
didn't
want
to
go
there.
They
didn't
want
them
there
in
my
regard,
Campbell
not
sure
what
they
felt
about
it.
Maybe.
R
D
I
think
there
may
have
been
more
questions
than
I.
Remember
memorized,
so
you
could
please
refresh
me,
but
so
on
the
cost.
If
you
look
at
the
the
the
staff
costs,
not
counting
teachers
and
and
other
related
services
that
that
really
do
move
around
the
district,
as
as
the
children
go,
you
save
about
800
or
six
to
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars.
You
also
save.
D
If
it
goes
to
a
charter
school,
they
pay
the
utilities
and
the
maintenance
for
the
building,
but
the
big
gain
and
I'm
not
trying
to
come
out
like
this
is
a
positive
because
I
get
it
the
the
big
reason
why
the
round
one
schools
we
wanted
to
repurpose
them
is,
if
we
didn't
have
a
purpose
for
them:
we'd
give
them
back
to
the
city
and
we
those
they
may
not
be
schools.
Again.
D
When
we
first
started
announcing
a
list,
there
were
everything
from
Boys
and
Girls
Club
to
the
municipality
non-profits,
who
all
wanted
our
school
buildings,
and
we
knew
that
if
we
couldn't
repurpose
it,
then,
when
this
area
grows
because
Anchorage
will
grow
again,
I
get
it
that
we're
on
a
we're
in
a
downward
slip.
Right
now,
but,
but
you
can't
look
at
a
slope
and
say:
okay,
we're
losing
two
percent
per
year,
so
in
2050
we're
going
to
have
minus
four
people
in
Anchorage
I
mean
the
life
doesn't
work
that
way.
D
Eventually
Pebble
mine
or
molybdenum,
Ridge
or
LNG
pipeline
mind.
Something
will
get
something
will
happen.
This
state
has
potential
in
the
billions
and
billions
of
dollars
we
needed
to
hold
on
to
these
buildings
as
ASD
buildings,
knowing
that
there
will
come
a
time
when
the
city
does
grow
again,
and
we
didn't
want
that.
We
don't
have
any
more
land
here,
that's
been
zoned
for
a
building.
D
If
we
didn't
keep
it
with
a
a
some
other
ASD
asset,
Early
Childhood,
Center,
Charter
School,
whatever
it
is,
it
can
come
back
like
a
phoenix
as
long
as
we
hold
on
to
this
building.
If
it
goes
to
get
sold
off
by
the
muni
or
or
at
least
off
it's
it's
gone
gone,
and
that's
why
we
really
did
try
to
repurpose.
D
We
we
do
save
money
the
first
year
and
the
second
year,
the
third
fourth
and
fifth
year
you
save
less,
but
the
state
Charter
for
this
hold
harmless
formula
that
that
lets
us
not
lose
as
much
money.
The
first
four
years
also
says
that
when
you
close
it,
you
can't
reopen
it
for
five
years
so
that
you
we
do
save
money
by
by
having
a
charter
school
come
in
here,
although
honestly
we
had
a
board
meeting
last
night.
If
you
followed
it,
you
were
probably
just
as
confused
as
me.
D
There's
there's
other
options
right.
We
laid
out
one
option.
There
are
other
options
and
the
school
board
will
be
talking
about
those
over
the
next
six
weeks
and
it
could
be
something
different
than
that.
But
what
we
do
know
is
this
community,
these,
these
people,
these
kids.
They
need
the
school
to
stay
here
and
not
be
auctioned
off
to.
C
G
C
That
could
happen,
but
in
September
there
were
53
new
homes
under
construction
in
the
entire
Anchorage
Bowl,
some
given
where
interest
rates
are,
or
at
least
where
they
were
last
week
at
7.3,
now
they're
below
seven,
but
basically
the
housing
market
has
kind
of
in
a
spaces
right
now.
So
we're
not
looking
at
a
whole
lot
of
demand
for
that
particular
ground
to
develop
anytime
during
the
next
five
to
ten
years
and
there's
not
much
on
the
books
now
proposed
for
it.
D
R
Well,
in
my
estimation,
cost
is
not
equivalent
to
what
these
kids
get
out
of
this
building.
We
have
a
a
doctor
coming
up.
We
have
graduated
many
teachers
out
of
this
building,
as
well
as
professional
doctors,
psychiatrists
Etc,
so
you
know,
money
does
buy
things,
money
does
speak,
but
sometimes
it's
the
people
that
suffer
the
consequences
of
the
money
drives
everything
Elena.
Thank
you.
Thank.
S
Good
evening
my
name
is
Elena
sandies
and
I
am
the
English
language
learner
resource
teacher
here
at
clatt.
This
is
my
26th
year
teaching
in
the
Anchorage
School
District
and
my
11th
year.
Teaching
here
at
clatt
I
am
here
tonight
to
help.
You
understand
my
perspective
of
why
closing
clat
is
an
inequitable
decision.
Currently
clatt
has
122
eligible
ell
students,
Speaking
11
different
languages.
Most
of
my
families
live
in
the
diamond
estates,
Mobile
Home
Park,
that
is
35
of
our
enrollment.
S
Many
of
my
families
do
not
have
the
ability
to
speak
English
and
many
of
them
work
nights
I'm
here
tonight
to
advocate,
for
all
of
them
cloud
is
making
wonderful
gains
with
this
population
and
was
recently
recognized
in
the
fall
by
the
ell
Department
as
one
of
five
elementary
schools
making
outstanding
growth
map
assessments.
This
success
is
attributed
to
the
skilled,
experienced
and
compassionate
staff
members.
We
have
here
at
clatt.
This
move
will
disrupt
their
potential
learning
outcome.
Do
we
really
want
to
disrupt
this
level
of
success?
S
S
Where
are
the
other
18
schools
that
are
at
65
percent
or
less?
Why
are
you
targeting
another
Title
One
School
I
agree
that
students
in
the
diamond
estate
neighborhood
should
go
to
Mears
middle
school
and
diamond
high.
It
would
be
significantly
closer
than
golden
View
and
South
High.
The
distance
gained
by
moving
the
elementary
students
is
negligible.
As
a
mom
I
can't
imagine
trying
to
walk
my
two
girls
down
Diamond
Boulevard
in
the
winter
and
darkness.
It's
not
safe
nor
realistic.
S
S
I
also
have
concerns
with
the
repurposed
plan
for
clat.
Logistically
it
doesn't
make
sense.
Highland
has
6th
through
12th
grade
the
school.
Is
this
school
is
not
designed
for
larger
humans.
Half
of
our
bathrooms
are
designed
for
small
children.
Padea
is
a
homeschool
program
with
limited
numbers
of
students
that
come
to
school
daily.
Why
are
Charter
Schools
being
put
ahead
of
this
thriving
neighborhood
School?
If
people
make
up
most
of
the
cost,
how
come
we're
not
hearing
about
cutting
Administration
positions
or
the
many
consultants
we
hire?
What.
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
topaz
stots
and
I'm
here
today,
to
show
some
to
talk
about
some
of
the
amazing
things
happening
at
clatt.
Did
you
know
that
clatt
receives
and
distributes
boxes
of
food
for
our
families
twice
a
month
from
the
children's
lunchbox?
Did
you
know
that
in
2021
clatt
received
7
500
Grant
to
design
and
create
a
sensory
room
for
our
entire
School.
T
That
same
organization
also
donated
7
500
to
make
I
believe
sensory
garden,
which
is
soon
to
start.
Did
you
know
that
stem
now
or
clat
now
has
a
stem
teacher
too?
Did
you
know
that
clatt
received
a
green,
our
planet
Hydroponics
Grant
of
ten
thousand
dollars
per
year?
Our
stem
teacher
will
do
most
of
the
projects
in
the
stem
room,
but
each
teacher
will
have
a
small
system
within
their
classroom
and
it
should
be
arriving
any
day.
T
Did
you
know
we
have
family
connection
spanning
Generations
we're
starting
to
teach
some
of
our
former
students,
our
former
students,
children?
Did
you
know
that
miss
kittyvong,
our
ell
tutor,
has
been
at
clap
for
37
years?
In
fact,
she
was
my
husband's
ell
teacher
here
teacher
here
at
clatt
when
he
started
30
years
ago.
Did
you
know
that
our
staff,
including
our
Tas
in
our
office,
do
not
move
around
unless
they
retire,
move
out
of
state
go
to
a
different
position
in
the
district?
Our
turnover
is
rarely
is
extremely
low.
T
Did
you
know
that
we
have
a
winter
gear
closet
with
gloves,
hats
and
other
donated
gear
for
our
clat
kids?
Did
you
know
that
our
librarian
hosts
a
fault
and
a
spring
book
fair
in
the
library,
during
parent-teacher
conferences
and
along
with
the
help
of
our
instructional
coach,
delivered
library
books
to
Diamond
Estates
kids
during
the
pandemic?
T
Did
you
know
that
our
teachers
and
staff
had
led
a
variety
of
before
and
after
lunchtime
activities
such
as
Battle
of
the
books,
Girls
on
the
Run
choir
and
most
recently
volleyball,
not
to
mention
our
prowling
Pumas?
That
has
started
at
recess
where
the
kids
get
to
run
laps
and
earn
tokens
to
help
include
everybody?
Did
you
know
that
clatt
has
a
choir
of
27
4th
and
fifth
graders
that
rehearse
at
8
A.M
every
Wednesday?
Please
consider
these
facts
as
you
make
your
budget
decisions.
T
P
U
Guys,
I'm
a
I'm
a
ninth
year
parent
here
I
still
have
a
couple
more
years
left
my
son
Nicholas,
a
question
that
I
have
not
heard
answered
tonight.
You
guys
talked
about
Clan
clatt
is
not
the
largest
school
in
the
district.
We
understand
that,
but
there's
several
other
schools
within
our
district
that
do
not
have
a
high
capacity
rate
they're
well
below
60
percent.
Why
are
you
not
choosing
one
of
those
schools?
Why
are
you
choosing
our
school?
We
are
92
percent.
V
Hi
I'm
hi,
I'm,
Nicholas
class,
basically,
my
second
home
the
teachers
have
helped
their
students
so
much
how
come
you're
closing
our
school
when
there
is
a
school
that
you
can
close
instead
of
a
different
school,
because
if
you
did
close
a
different
School,
you
would
lose
less
kids
and
save
just
as
much
money.
Probably
I
have
so
many
memories
with
my
friends
and
I
would
lose
most
of
my
friends
I
also
like
to
walk
home
or
to
school.
V
C
So
I
think
we
should
attempt
to
answer
your
question.
Basically
we're
looking
at
school
size
we're
trying
to
look
at
probably
about
10
schools
without
completely
destroying
neighborhoods
could
be
Consolidated
into
larger
programs.
And
these
part
one
schools
are
the
first
six,
where
we're
looking
at
mostly
size
and
trying
to
get
to
three
sections
per
grade
level.
C
So
clad
is
unique
because
there
are
125
or
130
children
immediately
around
the
school
and
then
Diamond
Estates
is
another
191,
and
then
there
are
students
from
outside
of
the
attendance
area
that
come
here
so
there's
another
a
couple
of
other
one
other
school
in
our
set.
That
is
also
there's
a
group
of
kids
immediately
around
the
school
and
then
there's
another
set
that
are
bussed
in
from
across
a
busy
street.
C
So
that's
the
reason
why
we've
identified
clad
is
because
of
the
number
of
children
that
are
in
the
immediate
neighborhood
and
then
we're
looking
at
another
neighborhood.
We
know
that
as
a
member
of
this
family,
but
we're
looking
at
the
proximity
of
diamond
Estates
to
Campbell
being
closer,
even
though
it
doesn't
seem
that
way
to
you,
even
though
that's
that's
a
transported
neighborhood,
and
so
the
idea
behind
assigning
it
to
Campbell
was
based
on
proximity
and
space
available
at
Campbell.
C
So
that's
the
reason
why
clatt
was
identified
also
between
Bay
Shore,
Ocean,
View
and
clatt.
We
have
three
schools
and
we
only
need
two
to
serve
these
immediate
neighborhoods.
So,
if
we're
going
to
try
to
use
this
idea
of
fewer
schools
instead
of
increasing
a
pupil
teacher
ratio,
which
is
what
most
districts
are
really
weighing
consolidation
against
it's
all
about,
do
we
have
fewer
schools
or
do
we
have
more
children
in
classrooms,
and
there
are
other
things
that
can
be
cut,
but
in
the
concentric
circles,
analysis
that
Mr
Anderson
offered.
C
W
Hi
there
my
name
is
Nelly
Williams
I'm,
not
from
clatt
I'm
from
Ocean,
View
and
I.
Just
want
to
say
my
heart
goes
out
to
all
of
you
who
are
dealing
with
this.
I
can
only
begin
to
imagine
how
sad
and
frustrated
and
angry
you
all
must
be,
and
I
can't
speak
for
the
school,
but
I
I
do
want
to
know
that
you
guys
have
you
guys
have
allies
and
other
parents
at
Ocean
View
fighting
to
keep
our
schools
open.
W
I
also
will
say
that
if
this
does
come
to
pass,
please
know
that
there
will
be
many
many
families
welcoming
you
with
open
arms
despite
the
really
rough
circumstance.
So
that
said,
administrators
I
know
that
your
job
is
not
easy
and
I
know
you've
had
to
have
a
lot
of
hard
hard
discussions
and
choices.
I
think
what
I
heard
earlier
is
that
you're
saving
600
to
800
000
a
year
by
closing
this
school
and
if
I'm
not
right
right.
W
Please,
please
explain
further
I
haven't
seen
or
heard
us
looking
creatively
into
the
future
on
how
to
solve
a
fairly
small
budget
gap
for
this
specific
school.
So
I
would
love
to
hear
what
has
been
done
in
the
pros
and
the
cons
on
that.
W
W
D
Now,
that's
that's
a
great
question,
so
we've
provided
the
board
with
a
number
of
possible
solutions.
I
certainly
encourage
you
to
listen
into
the
work
session,
they're,
usually
from
four
to
six
lately,
every
other
Tuesday.
D
But
but
here's
the
deal,
the
the
legislature
for
seven
years
said:
let's
pretend
there's
no
inflationary
cost,
let's
just
keep
sticking
with
the
same
BSA
and
see
what
happens
because
there
were
other
priorities
and-
and
you
know
honestly,
when,
when
I
go
to
Juno
and
and
talk
to
him
in
Anchorage,
I
I
like
a
lot
of
them,
Republican
Democrat
independent,
it's
not
that
it.
D
D
They're
talking
to
me
about
and
they're
all
legitimate
homeless,
crime,
drugs,
drug
overdoses,
the
PFD,
you
know,
I
I,
think
you
know
and
I
really
kind
of
sad
way
when
we
found
ways
to
get
by
every
year
and
and
we
we
use
the
one-time
money
to
get
by.
D
We
probably
did
create
a
false
sense
of
security
for
a
lot
of
people
who
now
went
to
their
legislator
and
said:
hey
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
whatever
it
is,
but
they
didn't
talk
to
him
about
education
and
the
priority
of
education
and
funding
and-
and
you
know,
I
like
I-
said
I
briefed
that
chart
all
over
Juneau
last
year
and
all
of
our
Anchorage
way
before
the
session
started.
But
you
know
if,
if
this
happens
and
I
don't
know
what
the
board
will
will
do,
I
know
they
were
all
introduced.
D
I
did
see,
Kelly
lessons
coming
in
later
in
the
game
and
Ms
Margo
Bellamy's
so
feel
free
to
talk
to
him
tonight
we
can't
get
to
68
million
dollars
with
what
we've
come
up
with.
We
get
to
we're
somewhere
about
40
million
dollars
short,
so
they're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
have
conversations
in
the
next
board
meeting
about
fund
balance
about
the
use
potentially
of
State
Bond
at
reimbursement.
The
last
thing
left
at
that
point
is
people
to
teach
a
ratio
which
kind
of
equates
to
class
size
almost
directly
at
elementary
school.
D
So
the
board
has
very
tough
decisions
and
anyone
everyone
who
says
this
doesn't
get
us
there
they're
right.
We
had
to
come
up,
there's
I,
don't
know
140
different
things
to
get
20
something
million
dollars
in
school
closures
was
one
of
a
lot
of
other,
really
bad
decisions,
but
that's
where
we
are
and
that's
why?
D
Every
year,
when
we
built
our
budget
and
we
go
to
Juno,
you
know
they're,
not
bad
people,
I
mean
they
disagreed
with
my
priority,
but
they
they
really
thought
they
were
representing
when,
when
everyone
else
wasn't
telling
them
education
is
my
number
one
priority.
I
will
tell
you
that
that
the
representatives
of
this
area
have
always
been
education
friendly.
So
please
don't
take
what
I
just
said
and
then
go
go
out
and
chew.
Someone
out,
because
that
that
would
not
be
the
case
for
this
area.
I
think
you
guys
are
amazing.
X
This
whole
trauma
that
we're
in
right
now-
and
that
is
this
question:
if
we're
really
going
to
get
bipartisan
support
for
our
state
to
truly
fund
education
at
the
levels
it
needs
to
be
The,
Way
Forward
is
going
to
be
people
who
are
not
necessarily
predisposed
to
help
Public
Schools.
Ask
the
question:
are
you
being
as
efficient
as
you
can
with
every
dollar?
Have
you
one
of
the
questions
we
asked
before
is
how
many
schools
have
you
closed
to
try
to
reach
the
capacity?
X
We
go
it's
not
different
in
any
community
and
what
it
does
is
it
proves
the
passion
that
local
families
have
for
the
school
where
their
kids
go,
I
mean
it's,
it's
real
and
the
the
issues
for
those
who
don't
have
children
in
that
program
or
in
that
school
is
before
we
give
you
more
money.
What
have
you
done
with
the
money
you
have?
X
Have
you
tried
to
save
and
scrimp
and
Be
Frugal
and
use
what
you
have
and
then
we'll
talk
to
you
about
more
and
that's
kind
of
kind
of
the
environment
that
we're
in
right
now
and
even
though
Closing
one
school
only
saves
a
half
a
million
dollars
or
another
one
or
another
one.
The
total
doesn't
look
like
much
but
to
prove
to
people.
We
do
have
to
work
our
way
through
those
those
things
before
we
want
to
raise
classroom
sizes
to
where
they're
untenable
for
our
staffs.
Y
Y
Other
parents-
and
we
found
that
amazing
support
here-
clat
surrounds
the
students
with
a
sense
of
community.
They
give
so
much
time
and
effort
and
everything
they
do
including
evening
and
weekend
events.
Not
only
do
they
show
up
consistently,
they
do
it
smiling
encouraging
and
with
the
kind
of
effort
that
goes
above
and
beyond.
Y
Thankfully,
my
children
are
able
to
walk
home
from
school
currently,
especially
with
the
bus
issue.
We
are
close
enough
to
where
it's
safe
and
traffic
isn't
an
issue.
However,
if
it
closes
that
won't
be
an
option
anymore,
we
might
have
to
consider
moving
and,
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
parents
who
also
rely
on
having
a
close
community
school
will
be
facing
the
same
issue
if
you're
closing
Platte,
because
in
enrollment
numbers
are
low,
I'm,
afraid
you're
going
to
cause
a
big,
bigger
issue
in
that
regard.
Y
I
realize
that
you're
facing
a
budget
crisis-
and
you
guys
know
it's
not
the
answer.
We
all
know
this-
isn't
the
answer.
I
understand,
closing
a
school
that
has
low
enrollment
numbers.
92
percent
is
not
a
low
number
overcrowding,
an
existing
School
of
fellow
kids,
even
more
as
they
won't
be
getting
the
same
education
support
with
larger
classrooms.
Y
It's
going
to
negativity,
negatively
impact
learning,
enrollment
numbers
and
you're
breaking
up
a
strong
Community
School.
Hundreds
of
studies
found
that
students
who
attend
small
schools
outperform
those
in
large
schools
on
every
academic
measure
from
grades
to
test
scores.
So
opening
your
large
school
is
going
to
make
a
lot
of
scores,
they're
less
likely
to
drop
out
and
more
likely
to
attend
college.
Making
a
larger
school
will
be
detrimental
to
our
to
our
youth.
Our
children
shouldn't
suffer
and
uproot
all
that
they
know
because
our
government
failed
them.
AA
Thank
you
good
evening.
My
name
is
Martin
Hansen
I
retired
a
couple
years
back
and
now
I
teach
where
I'm
rather
I'm
a
kindergarten
teacher
Jade
three
days
a
week
at
Walla,
Walla
school,
another
Title,
One
School
I
have
an
early,
simple
Point
here
on
December
5th.
AA
Are
they
going
to
spend
that
37
million
dollars
to
rebuild
in
your
school
so
that
or
will
they
consider
remodeling
or
rebuilding
and
saving
10
to
15
million
dollars?
I
love,
Inlet,
View
school
I
live
next
to
it.
It's
the
heart
of
my
neighborhood,
just
as
your
school
is
the
heart
of
your
neighborhood,
but
it's
not
worth
closing
your
school.
AA
For
my
school
we've
been
working,
my
family
and
I,
trying
to
work
with
school
district
to
change
their
plans
to
change
their
objectives,
and
what
we
found
is
those
parents
in
Hillview
School
who
support
this
rebuild,
are
very
well
organized,
very
tenacious,
very
effective
and
very
well
connected
politically,
and
they
show
up
at
every
school
board,
meeting
60
to
100
parents
with
their
children
and
they
speak,
and
they
are
heard
and
I'm
encouraging.
All
of
you
to
do
the
same
thing.
AA
C
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much
Violet
Flannery,
followed
by
Camila
Maho
Zoe
Mina
Hernandez
busage
that
that's
they're
on
deck
a
violet
is
next.
Are
you
in
the
room
Violet
there?
You
are.
AB
Good
evening
everybody,
my
name
is
violet
Flannery
and
I'm,
a
mom,
a
grandma
and
the
reason
I'm
standing
here,
because
25
years
ago,
I
moved
to
Cloud
right
across
the
old
Cloud
Road.
It's
only
five
minutes
walk
from
from
my
house
to
the
school
and
25
years
ago.
I
have
two
kids,
the
one
his
name
is
Sam,
the
one
with
the
two
kids
singing
to
you,
yeah
those
he
has
three
and
my
daughter
has
six.
AB
L
AB
So
anyway,
I
love,
clad,
wrote.
To,
be
honest.
It's
a
very
good
school,
the
old
principal
all
teachers.
The
teachers
are
very
good,
they're
very
concerned
about
the
the
kids
in
class
and
the
principal
they're
very
great
I
love
you
guys.
All
you
guys
did
a
very
good
job
for
for
other
kids
in
the
community
and
I
know
the
community
is
with
me
I.
Do
not
please
I
know
you
guys
worry
about
the
budget,
but
please
worry
about
our
kids.
There's
a
lot
of
low
income.
AB
They
come
to
this
school
and
I
believe
they
are
one.
They
don't
want
the
school
to
be
closed
and
I
don't
want
to
close
it
either.
I
have
one
granddaughter
moved
to
oh
golden
View.
You
know
how
far
that
I
have
to
go
in
the
winter
time.
I
have
like
40
minutes
to
go
in
the
car
to
drop
her
off
every
morning
and
pick
it
up
because
the
bus
doesn't
work.
They
don't
come
around
so
now
and
then
I
come
home.
I
get
up
early
in
the
morning.
AB
AB
92
and
row
19
92
percent
enrollment
in
this
school
and
the
the
other
five.
They
are
very
low.
Why
don't
you
close
other
Schools
they're
like
60,
or
what
and
bring
him
here?
I
promise
you.
This
is
a
very
good
school
I
love,
my
school
I
love,
my
kids
and
they
are
working,
but
now
I,
retire.
I
have
to
bring
the
kids
to
school
time.
E
AB
AC
AD
AE
However,
in
our
hearts
we
know
that
clatt
is
more
than
that.
It
is
our
safe
place,
our
everyday
home,
where
we
see
familiar
faces
and
familiar
walking,
paths
that
make
our
future
look
brighter.
Also,
our
first
priority
shouldn't
just
be
money.
You
do
care
about
the
emotional
well-being
of
the
students.
Don't
you,
if
you
dare
to
close
clat,
you
dare
to
close
your
dreams.
AE
C
AF
AF
He's
like
six
years
old
and
goes
to
first
first
first
grade,
but
the
problem
is:
he
have
a
problem
with
reading
he
delayed
with
the
reading.
So
at
that
Charter
School,
it
seemed
like
the
this.
The
children
have
to
know
how
to
read
and
I
really
don't
know
how
to
teach
him.
How
to
read
back
then
so
I
found
out
that
this
school
have
a
good
program
for
reading.
AF
It's
it's.
It's
made
me
happy
and
it's
a
good
school
I
mean
now
I.
Try
to
this
is
like
the
threat
week
third
week
for
my
son,
my
first
son,
to
go
to
fourth
grade
here.
AF
So
I
just
don't
understand
why
you're
going
to
close
this
school
because
we
are
92
percent
and
it
seems
like
the
more
I
see
you
guys,
the
more
I
read
it
seemed
like
you
already
made
that
my
man
that
you're
going
to
close
this
school
this
school
is
more
than
money.
These
children
are
priority
for
us.
They,
our
hope
and
dream.
AF
AF
AF
We
need
this
school
think
about
the
children,
not
the
money,
think
about
them
think
about
this
stuff.
They
saw
it
here
in
the
last
previous
School
of
my
son.
They
never
have
a
hot
lunch
until
they
move
here.
Do
you
know
that
how
I'm
thinking
this
is
great
school
there's
so
many
goodness
of
this
school?
So
why
you
want
to
close
this
school
I,
don't
understand
foreign.
C
Thank
you,
Dewey
Josh
Bridgeman,
followed
by
Amy
West.
Please
all.
AG
Right
so
before
my
three
minutes
starts,
I
just
want
to
ask
some
questions.
I've
got
two
School
District
decided
to
do
a
survey
on
the
school
closing
September
18th
of
this
last
year
and
they
sent
it
out
on
a
Friday
at
4,
30
pm.
AG
All
right.
Do
you
know
how
many
people
in
here
got
that?
How
many
people
in
here
got
that
survey
I
need
to
raise
your
hands?
How
many
people
actually
knew
about
that?
What
one
teacher
one
student,
one,
parent,
four
people!
So
that's
what
you
guys
are
basing
your
your
agenda
off
of
today,
because
we
didn't
vote
or
we
didn't
show
up
like
Inlet
View,
it's
wrong!
I'm
telling
you
I
didn't
know:
I
get
emails
all
day
from
these
teachers.
I
never
got
an
email
about
my
decision
on
if
this
school
should
be
closed.
AG
Second,
my
second
question
is:
how
much
does
it
cost
to
run
the
school
each
year?
How
much
does
it
actually
cost
to
run
the
school
here
for
clap?
How
much
taxpayers
dollars
do
we
pay
to
keep
this
school
open
to
fund
this
school?
It's
tax
dollars:
it's
everybody
sitting
in
here.
Regardless
they
pay
taxes
at
the
end
of
the
year
or
not.
They
work,
they
pay
taxes
they
get
money
taken
out.
This
is
a
public
necessity
that
you
guys
are
just
dialing
into
five
years.
You
have
an
agenda
up
here.
AG
Your
agenda
today
wasn't
to
listen
to
us
about
what
we
thought
about
the
decisions
you're
making
today
five
years.
You
pull
up
something
from
2017,
so
you've
known
about
this
since
2017.
Where
were
we?
None
of
us
knew
and
how
much
does
it
cost?
How
many
kids
are
taught
every
day
at
the
Anchorage
School
District
Assembly
Building
that
you
guys
sit
in
I'm
a
pharmacist,
I
work
at
the
VA
Pharmacy
when
P,
when
I
can't
come
to
work,
I
go
home
with
the
laptop
I.
AG
AG
Just
just
question
here
and
I
know:
I'm
pretty
sure
that
Anchorage
School
District
Assembly
Building,
is
what
like
four
million
dollars,
that
you
guys
rent
that
every
year,
why
not
close
that
school
or
close
that
school
district
building
and
you
guys
all
get
a
laptop
and
go
home
because
I
don't
know
which
kids
you're
teaching
in
that
building
I,
don't
know
what
you're
doing
what
these
people
do
every
day,
I
don't
know,
but
I
know
you
ain't
teaching,
kids,
you're,
not
you're
up
here.
Talking
about
money
close!
AG
This
pull
this
away
from
other
people
flip
the
script
close
your
building,
clot
stays
open
problem
solved.
Second,
how
much
does
it
cost
four
million
if
it
costs
4
million
to
keep
this
school
open
every
year?
You
know
how
much
you
know
how
much
taxes
that
is.
You
know
how
much
that
would
cost
for
each
30.
AG
You
did
400
000
people
how
much
change
you're
talking
about
daily
you're,
talking
less
than
7.28
cents
a
month
for
us
if
we
paid
to
keep
this
school
open
we
shouldn't
have
to,
but
we
might
as
well
I'm
not
opposed
to
that
I'd
pay
to
keep
the
school
open.
Third,
all
of
you
guys
when
you
get
out
of
here,
if
you
want
Lisa
murkowski's
phone
number,
it's
in
my
wallet.
So
it's
right
here
in
my
cell
phone,
all
of
you
can
have
her
personal
cell
phone.
AG
E
C
D
Top
of
my
head,
everything
at
clat,
but
I,
can
certainly
find
out
and
get
it
to
the
principal
that
can
be
handed
out,
and
we
can
also
put
that
on
our
web
page
for
all
of
the
potential
schools
that
are
being
closed.
You
know
what
one
thing
I
would
want
to
point
out
is
the
the
decision
has
not
been
made
yet
there's
a
reason.
We
do
Town
Halls,
there's
a
reason
we
talk
to
staffs
is
so
we
can
continue
to
provide
the
school
board
more
information.
D
The
the
decision
will
probably
be
made
on
the
15th
of
December,
so
I
really
do
encourage
the
families,
the
students,
the
staff
to
to
talk
to
board
members
and
continue
talking
to
us
and
if
you
see
problems
with
with
the
plan
as
it
develops
to
work
with
us,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
this
started
because
of
money.
D
But
it
also
started
because
there's
7
000
fewer
kids
in
Anchorage
than
there
were
when
these
facilities
were
full
and
we
we
have
low
density
people
like
speech,
pathologists
and
and
there's
lots
of
them
across
the
district
where
we
don't
have
enough
of
them,
and
instead
of
going
to
a
school
and
being
there
every
single
day,
they
come
every
Thursday
or
every
Monday
or
every
Wednesday
or
maybe
twice
a
week
and
in
larger
schools.
Those
those
Specialists
are
more
likely
to
be
there
on.
D
On
the
budget
side,
it
is
partly
the
budget
but
I
I.
Don't
know
we
can't.
We
don't
have
taxing
Authority.
If
you're
Minneapolis,
the
school
school
district
superintendent
can
tax
local
populations
to
increase
Revenue,
we
are
completely
solely
and
have
been
since
the
Constitution
was
formed
for
the
state
at
the
discretion
of
the
legislature
and
the
governor,
and
that
the
city
of
Anchorage
I
mean
it
is
an
amazing
place.
D
That's
why
I
retired
here,
although
clearly
I
don't
retire
well,
but
Anchorage
has
always
paid
100
of
the
absolute
maximum
amount
allowable
by
state
law.
Anchorage
loves
education.
D
The
challenge
is
the
priorities
when
everybody
from
the
state
gets
to
Juno,
they
need
they
need
Anchorage
residents
to
let
them
know
education
funding
is
a
priority
and
and
it
and
it
must
be
a
priority
and
that's
how
to
change
the
revenue
problem.
This
city
always
has
always
will
give
100
of
what
they
can
give.
C
Thank
you,
Jim
Amy
West.
Please.
AH
AH
I
was
the
biggest
pain
in
this
school.
Let
me
tell
you
something
most
would
have
given
up
on
me.
They
did
not.
I
did
not
speak
an
ounce
of
English
when
I
came
to
the
school.
I
spoke
only
Spanish,
my
mother
didn't
know
better,
which
also
she
worked
at
this
school
I
worked
at
this
school.
So
let
me
tell
you,
when
you
tell
me
you're
going
to
close
clat.
It
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me:
I
pay,
13
000
a
year
in
property,
taxes
and
I.
AH
Don't
want
to
move
because
clat
is
in
my
neighborhood
of
the
39
children.
Two
are
fighting
to
take
my
house
I'm,
not
even
dead,
yet
all
right
because
they
want
their
kids
to
come
to
this
school
I
currently
have
three
grandchildren
and
yes,
I-
want
them
to
go
to
this
school
and
of
my
foster.
Children.
Six
have
gone
to
Ocean
View
and
that's
awesome,
but
it's
not
the
same.
That
school
is
still
not
the
same.
The
environment
is
not
the
same.
We
are
a
community
here.
It
is
a
completely
different
environment.
AH
Here
everyone
loves
each
other,
regardless
of
how
much
money
you
make
where
you
live,
how
you
learn
how
you
grow,
and
that
is
different
than
any
other
Elementary
School,
that
I've
ever
seen
when
my
foster
kids
either
move
on,
or
they
end
up
going
back
to
their
homes.
They
still
talk
about
clap,
they
still
talk
about
it,
and
that
is
what
should
you
should
see.
AH
I
have
friends
that
work
at
Highland,
tech
and
I've
heard
about
students
there
and
I
don't
feel
comfortable
them
coming
here.
I'll
tell
you
that
I.
That
is
not
what
I
signed
up
to
live
nearby.
So
look
at
the
students.
Look
at
the
staff
that's
here,
because
if
they
didn't
care,
they
wouldn't
be
here.
AH
AH
AH
AH
AH
H
H
We
have
a
warm
and
wonderful
School,
a
Super,
Active,
PTA,
tons
of
fun
events,
a
dedicated,
talented
teaching
staff,
amazing,
kids,
and
if
the
school
board
should
decide
to
do
this,
we
are
ready
to
welcome
all
of
you
with
open
arms
and
I
am
personally
a
hundred
percent
committed
to
making
that
transition
as
wonderful
and
positive
as
it
can
be
for
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
all
of
your
children.
So
thank
you.
AI
Put
this
thing
on
a
phone
book:
I
might
grunge
I
apologize.
I
did
not
know.
There
is
a
large
among
Hmong
community
on
this
side
of
town
as
a
U.S
paratrooper
for
over
34
years.
Thank
you
for
the
sacrifices
your
families
made
as
an
I'm.
An
immersion
parent
I
was
at
new
neck
Valley
on
Monday
and
the
school
board
on
Tuesday
I,
see
so
many
of
the
school
board
here.
I
won't
try
and
name
them,
because
I
will
inevitably
mess
it
up
because
I'm
East
Side,
though
I
graduated
in
Ocean
View.
AI
AJ
AI
They
fully
committed
to
funding
it
before
the
words
PFD
crossed
their
lips,
because
we
know
that
show
is
going
to
start
again
all
right.
This
is
not
an
Anchorage
School,
District
problem.
Those
people
right
there
can't
solve
this
problem.
Dave
can't
solve
this
problem.
Kelly
cannot
solve
this
problem.
The
only
people
that
can
solve
this
problem
are
the
people
in
this
room,
calling
writing
and
being
a
nuisance
to
every
legislature.
That
goes
to
Juno
when
he
says
when
Jim
says
that
I
encourage
fully
funds
to
the
maximum.
That's
a
constitutional
problem.
AI
If
you
read
the
Alaska
Constitution,
it
specifically
limits
taxing
authorities
on
how
much
they
can
fund
the
school
districts
so
that
there's
an
equity
issue
so
that
we
can
make
sure
all
the
schools
can
be
properly
supported.
Well
right
now,
none
of
the
schools
are
being
properly
supported
because
our
state
has
put
education
on
the
back
burner
and
you
know
why
and
uneducated
people
are
easy
to
control
all
right.
They
paid.
E
AI
AI
AK
AL
So
I
put
my
name
just
as
an
assistant:
I
am
I,
wasn't
what
I
had
to
talk,
but
here
I
am
I,
am
a
mother
of
two
kids
that
assist
to
clap
I
moved
from
Colombia
seven
years
ago.
Thinking
that
this
is
the
country.
The
opportunities
and
cloud
has
given
me
that
before
the
seven
years
when
I
arrived
to
Alaska
so
I'm
speaking
here
for
my
kids,
my
daughter
is
devastated.
AL
She
is
in
the
ignite
program
she
applied
for
the
Honor
Choir,
thanks
to
the
music
teacher
that
encourages
her
to
be
better
every
day.
Honestly,
when
we
talk
about
money
versus
emotional
disturbance
in
our
students,
I
feel
like
the
value
will
be
greater
and
the
crime
coming
from
a
country
full
of
crime
everywhere.
I
believe,
is
strongly
that
the
money
should
be
placed
later
and
the
emotional
opportunities
for
students
to
keep
what
they
have
a
safe
place.
For
me,
this
is
my
safe
place
as
well
prevails
more
than
the
money.
AL
My
four-year-old
kid
couldn't
wait
to
start
preschool
and
every
day
he
wakes
up
like
I
want
to
go
to
school.
Mom.
Take
me
now
he's
sick.
He
wants
to
come
to
school,
being
sick
Kelsey
has
done
a
lot
for
the
school
and
I
have
been
here
to
see
it.
I
work
with
a
community
of
one
of
my
Tas
is
from
Czech
Republic.
The
other
one
is
from
Dominican
Republic.
AL
AL
I
have
served
as
a
translator,
even
though
that's
not
my
job
and
I'll
do
anything
for
the
school
and
for
the
community.
So
please
reconsider
this.
Money
should
not
Prevail
over
or
future
of
our
kids.
Have
you
seen
how
many
children
with
autism
are
super
successful
out
there
I
have
this
super
faith
in
my
children
without.
AL
Even
though
neither
one
of
my
two
kids
at
home
have
autism
my
eight
students
in
my
classroom,
I
had
the
faith
that
they
will
be
like
great
people
for
the
community.
If
we
keep
our
school,
if
you,
let
me
do
my
job
where
I
am
and
what
I
created
with
the
rest
of
my
team
and
the
other
teachers
thanks.
Thank.
AM
Stayed
after
school,
if
you
join
me
up
here,
I,
would
absolutely
love
your
presence
just
to
stand
behind
me
for
a
moment.
Any
students
that
are
in
my
class
I
would
really
enjoy
it
or
students
from
last
year.
Elijah
I,
hope
you
joined
me
just
for
a
second,
a
big
thing.
A
lot
of
people,
probably
don't
know
about
me,
is
that
I
was
actually
planning
on
leaving
the
teaching
profession,
as
I
moved
up
here
to
Anchorage,
while
I'm
speaking
right.
Now,
it's
mainly
actually
a
thank
you
to
this
community.
AM
AM
Also,
the
co-workers
here.
Thank
you
for
your
collaboration
also
was
very
intimidated
when
I
first
started
out,
I
had
the
instructional
coach
right
across
the
hallway
and
I
was
nervous
that
she
would
be
peeking
in
all
the
time
worried
about
how
I
was
doing.
I
was
very
intimidated
that
by
that,
but
I
found
that
that'd
be
very
beneficial.
AM
Instructional
coaches
are
also
very
important,
because
also
my
co-worker
for
fifth
grade
was
pregnant
at
the
time,
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
respected
her
time
to
have
everything
prepared
for
getting
ready
for
her
firstborn
child
and
the
great
thing
about
having
structural
coach
also
across
the
hall
made
it
so
that
I
could
ask
her
questions
instead
of
having
to
bother
my
co-worker
to
respect
her
I
also
am
very
appreciative
of
the
principal
one
thing:
I,
don't
think
you
realize
is
that
some
of
us
we
were
here
because
we
love
who
we're
around.
AM
We
also
the
principal
makes
a
huge
impact
as
well.
For
me,
I,
don't
know
with
being
inspired
by
these
people.
AM
I'll
probably
continue
teaching,
but
the
biggest
thing
is
is
that
these
students,
these
staff
members
principal
as
well,
have
made
it
that
this
is
a
model
school
I
feel
like
this
is
a
school
that
actually
should
be
multiplied
not
even
just
locally,
not
even
regionally,
I
think
it
should
actually
be
modeled,
Across,
the
Nation,
the
model
ell,
the
diversity,
the
inclusiveness,
the
way
we
work
together,
the
way
we
Inspire
things
students
are
already
advocating
before
this.
That's
how
we
got
the
volleyball
club
started.
AM
They
brought
a
sign
out
sheet
and
then
they
said
who's
interested
and
they
got
it
started
on
their
own.
We
actually
appreciate
you
guys
for
teaching
them
to
be
future
world
leaders
to
also
advocate
for
themselves
so
I'm,
very
proud
of
you,
students
for
that
shared
today,
and
thank
you
guys
for
actually
voting
or
deciding
that
clatt
would
actually
be
closed
because
it's
brought
us
together
and
has
taught
our
students
to
Advocate
and
use
their
voice.
The
most
powerful
thing
that
we
all
have
the
biggest
thing
as
well
with
the
believe
room,
believe
Garden.
AM
All
these
things
are
started.
Our
school
is
blossoming.
There's
no
reason
that
you
should
shut
this
down.
This
school
is
a
model
school
a
school,
that's
thriving!
There
is
no
weaknesses
nothing's
due
to
30
seconds
in
this
school.
So
thank
you,
everybody
that
has
helped
me
in
this
journey.
Any
parents,
you
guys,
are
awesome.
You
supported
your
your
kids
so
well,
and
thank
you
for
all
your
feedback
and
everything.
It's
just
been
absolutely
amazing.
AM
They've
saved
my
teaching
career
I
was
a
fourth
generation
teacher
in
Minot,
North,
Dakota
I
taught
actually
my
first
class
match
to
start
out
was
my
great
aunt
started.
There
I
felt
that
it
was
a
shame
that
I
was
going
to
be
teaching
or
quitting
teaching
when
it
was
in
my
blood,
and
this
school
has
saved
it.
So
thank
you,
everybody.
AM
AK
AK
My
question
really
has
to
do
with
transparency
and
I.
Think
a
lot
of
us
would
like
to
know
the
larger
picture
and
with
the
budget
and
what
the
whole
plan
is
for
the
68
million.
It
feels
like
we're
getting
this
in
little
bits
and
pieces
and
and
not
being
told,
what's
happening
next.
This
is
the
first
step,
but
we
would
really
like
to
know
what
and
when
is
round
two
and
round
three
and
round
four,
so
that
we
can
plan.
AK
You
know
our
community
can
plan
our
families
can
plan
and
knowing
that
that
larger
picture
would
really
help
a
lot
of
of
us
to
know.
You
know
and
feel
secure,
not
secure
and
be
able
to
prepare
for
our
futures.
I'd
also
like
to
know
what
specific
job
titles
are
likely
to
be
cut
for
next
year
as
well.
Thank
you
thank.
C
R
C
X
So
Shannon,
if
I
got
the
question
right,
the
question
had
to
do
with
transparency
about
the
larger
budget
and
liking
to
know
the
job,
titles
and
all
those
things
when,
when
the
budget
book
is
put
together
and
and
Jim's
department
does
all
that
every
single
piece
of
that
is
in
there
all
the
job,
tiles
it
I
mean
I'm,
not
you'll,
have
to
ask
me
Cindy
what
it
is.
You
want
to
know
specifically
because
it's
600
pages
long,
but
every
single
situation
and
change,
that's
being
done
to
get
there
will
be
in
there.
X
Thank
you
next
board
meeting
we'll
be
going
through
the
different
levels
of
the
administrative
cuts
and
things
that
are
already
being
proposed
by
us
that
we've
done
we've
been
through
17
different
divisions,
now
carving
out
cutting
percentages,
cutting
people
not
filling
positions,
and
we
will
be
briefing
the
board.
We
did.
We
ran
out
of
time
at
the
board
meeting
the
other
night,
but
we
had
some
of
that
ready,
so
we'll
be
doing
that.
X
As
far
as
your
comment
about
what's
round
two
and
round
three,
that
is
very
difficult
for
us
to
answer,
and
it's
right
now
even
difficult
for
your
board
to
to
answer.
They
may
have
leanings
of
things
they're
personally
thinking
about,
but
the
reality
is.
We
have
no
idea
what
a
round
two
is
until
we
see
what
a
round
one
is.
X
So
what
we
can
tell
you
is,
there
are
18
schools
with
65
percent
or
less
capacity
as
filled,
and
if
you
were
to
go
back
to
1995,
we've
only
dropped
two
schools
out
of
there
were
55
then,
and
we
now
have
7
000
less
students
in
53
schools,
so
you
can
kind
of
do
the
math
and
realize
we're
being
challenged
by
people
who
do
not
want
to
necessarily
raise
our
base
student
allocations,
because
their
question
is:
how
are
you
conserving
and
and
best
utilizing
and
being
efficient
with
the
schools
and
resources
you
have?
X
AN
E
AN
So,
while
we're
trying
to
figure
this
out,
I
would
like
to
personally
invite
the
school
board
members
to
come
to
our
school
before
the
decision
to
see
truly
how
integrated
our
SLC,
kids
and
our
general
Ed
kids
are
over
10
years
ago,
when
we
were
told
that
structured
learning
would
be
coming
to
clat.
AN
But
over
10
years
ago,
I
had
a
conversation
one
night
with
Lori
the
old
special
special
ed
director
and
I,
told
her
I
said:
Lori
I,
don't
know
what
it
is,
but
the
minute
all
of
our
SLC
kiddos
came
our
general
ed
kids.
They
just
invited
them
in
if
they
were
having
a
meltdown
in
the
hallway.
Our
kids
just
walked
right
by
or
they
walked
by,
and
they
said
we
wish
you
well.
AN
On
the
flip
side,
my
fifth
and
sixth
graders
have
begged
me
to
go
to
PE
to
help
those
SLC
kiddos.
They
come
back
to
my
classroom
and
they
said.
Oh,
my
goodness,
Miss
sandovner,
guess
what
we
got
little
so
and
so
to
shoot
the
basketball.
Today
they
don't
beg
to
go
to
the
library
to
read
books
with
them
or
to
the
gym
just
to
get
out
of
my
class.
They
do
it
because
they
truly
love
it.
That
is
an
opportunity,
and
that
is
something
special
and
you
go
and
put
those
kiddos
somewhere
else.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
so
we're
going
to
try
to
accommodate
and
show
the
video
quickly
and
then
it's
getting
awfully
late.
So
after
the
video
we
would
like
to
end
the
meeting
and
thank
everybody
for
your
participation,
but
give
us
just
a
second.
We've
got
some
brilliant
technology,
folks
that
are
trying
to
hook
up
and
project
what
the
faculty
asked
us
to
show
so
give
us
bear
with
us
just
a
moment.
While
we
attempt
to
do
that.