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B
Thank
you
Jim.
Well,
my
name
is
Shannon
Bingham
I
am
a
consultant
I
work
all
over
the
western
United
States
I've
got
about
a
13-year
history
in
Alaska,
not
counting
another
20.
B
Doing
research
here
and
this
evening
is
a
pretty
sobering
conversation
that
we
would
like
to
have
regarding
our
budgetary
circumstances
and
a
preliminary
proposal
that
would
result
in
the
repurposing
of
this
school
and
the
relocation
of
the
student
body
here
to
Lake
Hood.
So
we
know
we
have
a
troubling
conversation
to
have
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
structure
of
the
evening
and
talk
about
some
of
the
resources
that
are
in
the
room
for
language
assistance.
B
What
we
have
in
mind
is
a
brief
20
to
25
minute
presentation
of
some
data
that
explains
our
financial
circumstances.
Enrollment
circumstances,
both
in
the
district
and
around
the
west,
and
talks
a
little
bit
about
six
school
buildings
that
we
are
proposing
to
close
and
repurpose.
That
would
be
effective
next
school
year
and
we
talk
about
some
of
the
repurposing
options
available
there.
B
There
are
a
lot
of
people
in
the
room
with
a
lot
of
information
as
Jim
introduced.
All
of
the
staff
we
have
Elementary
education
operations,
special
education,
Transportation
all
represented
as
far
as
language
support.
We
have
a
survey
that
is
online.
That
survey
is
available
in
six
languages
and
we're
also
translating
tonight's
presentation
into
American
Sign
Language,
and
this
presentation
will
be
available
online
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
have
a
smartphone,
which
is
how
the
survey
is
configured
it's
configured
to
be
administered
via
computer
or
using
a
smartphone.
B
We
have
a
bank
of
Chromebooks
out
in
the
hallway
and
some
Proctors
out
there
that
will
assist
you
in
taking
the
survey
in
the
language
of
your
choice,
so
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
get
some
feedback
from
everyone.
After
we
make
our
presentation,
we
will
have
a
question
and
answer
opportunity.
We
would
like
everyone
who
has
a
question
or
wants
information
or
would
like
to
make
a
statement
to
feel
free
to
do
so.
There
is
a
pair
of
microphones
here
that
you
can
approach
and
and
ask
a
question
or
make
a
statement.
B
The
panel
will
do
its
best
to
answer
your
questions.
I
will
try
to
facilitate
identifying
a
person
that
might
be
able
to
answer
your
question
if
we're
unable
to
do
so
here
in
the
room,
we'll
try
to
take
your
information
and
get
back
to
you.
So
that's
the
structure
of
the
evening.
Questions
are
limited
to
three
minutes
and
in
the
back
you
will
hear
30
seconds
and
then
a
time
please
and
we'd
like
to
respect
that,
so
that
we
can
finish
at
a
decent
hour.
B
So
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
get
started,
we
have
a
little
bit
of
a
financial
intro
to
this
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
circumstances
all
over
the
West.
A
lot
of
school
districts
all
over
the
western
United
States
are
in
a
budgetary
challenge.
Right
now,
enrollment
is
down.
Birth
rates
are
down.
A
Hi
good
evening,
first
I'd
like
to
start
by.
Thank
you
for
coming
to
talk
to
us.
We,
this
would
be
our
second
Town
Hall.
A
A
Final
decisions
have
not
been
made
and
on
school
closures
won't
be
made
until
toward
the
end
of
December
and-
and
you
know,
I
just
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
the
feelings
of
whether
it's
anger
fear
sadness,
concern
whatever
it
is:
they're
real,
they're
Justified,
you
know
all
of
us
would
be
feeling
it
it.
It's
it's
perfectly
fine,
but
we
we
do
want
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say.
We
will
pay
attention
and
then
naturally,
we'll
have
many
many
discussions
after
this.
A
But
let
me
start
with
why
we
started
talking
about
school
closures
this
year
and
why
we
started
talking
about
immersion
and
ignite
for
gifted
kids
and
sports
Outsourcing,
and-
and
it
really
is
because
of
the
the
chart
behind
me.
So
I
made
this
chart
with
just
one
minor
change
about
a
year
ago
today
and
briefed
it
to
the
Anchorage
caucus
at
our
December
legislative
luncheon
and
what
it
shows
on
the
bottom.
If
you
see
the
dark,
blue
bars
and
it'll
have
five
thousand
nine
hundred
and
thirty
dollars
next
to
it.
A
In
fiscal
year,
17,
which
is
the
first
day
of
school
in
August
of
2016,
going
through
May
of
17,
the
base
student
allocation
was
five
thousand
nine
hundred
and
thirty
dollars.
It
had
just
been
increased
to
that
level
after
a
few
years
of
minor
growth
and
then
you'll
see
a
red
line
that
goes
across
the
top
of
the
red
bars.
A
So
we
started
this
when
they
reset
the
BSA
or
the
base
student
allocation
at
59.30
and
and
then
the
inflation
you'll
see
on
the
red
line
was
roughly
two
percent
per
year
with
one
minor
dip
in
one
year,
where
we
had
an
amazing
economy
in
this
great
state,
and
then
it
started
shooting
up
again
and
you'll
see
this
Gap
in
between
the
red
line,
which
is
the
inflationary
cost.
So
as
that
red
line
keeps
getting
higher
and
higher
above
the
dark
blue
bar.
A
A
You
know
you
don't
even
want
to
look
at
the
thing.
Is
it
spins
like
a
roulette
wheel,
but
our
costs
have
continued
to
go
up
and
if
you
look
at
the
top
of
the
dark
blue
bars,
we've
used
one-time
funding,
which
is
our
emergency
savings,
account
multiple
times
we
did
get
State
one-time
funding
and
I'll
talk
about
that
in
just
a
second
but
really
the
last
few
years.
This
District
really
did
survive
and
maintain
its
programs,
because
we
had
so
much
Federal
relief
dollars.
A
We
had
12
million
in
the
cares
act
that
mostly
went
truly
to
covet
and
or
computers
and
and
automation
stuff
for
for
our
kids,
but
then
we
had
sr2,
which
was
about
50
million
and
and
we
didn't
really
use
it
to
recover
from
covid
as
much
as
to
replace
what
was
our
structural
deficit.
The
state
made
a
conscious
decision
when
the
federal
relief
dollars
came
out,
I've
been
briefing
a
chart.
That
looks
very
much
like
this
now
for
about
three
or
four
years
in
Juneau,
but
last
December
and
all
through
the
session.
A
So
when
you
look
at
this
gap
on
the
far
end,
you
can
see
we
have
a
little
bit
of
federal
dollars
left
at
the
end
for
next
school
year,
but
not
very
much
somewhere
in
the
10
to
20
million
dollar
range.
And
what
you
see
in
that
640
BSA
equivalent
is
a
68
million
dollar
deficit.
And
that's
when
we
look
at
from
FY
17
to
fy24
the
the
buying
power
of
the
same
amount
of
money
per
student.
We've
lost
about
80
million
dollars
in
buying
power.
A
So
when
you
hear
on
the
news
that,
like
I've,
seen
this
deficit
coming
for
several
years,
but
I
always
hope
that
the
next
year,
the
legislature
would
inflation-proof
the
BSA
and
get
us
back
on
track
and
then,
but
they
didn't,
because
there's
a
lot
of
priorities
in
the
state
oil
money
went
low
for
for
every
reason,
when
we
got
Federal
relief
money,
some
states
in
the
lower
48
actually
still
increased
their
education
funding,
funding
and
use
the
the
federal
relief
dollars
to
make
improvements
coming
out
of
covid.
A
Our
state
really
did
choose
to
use
that
instead
of
fixing
education
funding,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
the
budget
deficit,
it
really
started
in
fiscal
year
18.
and
every
year,
when
we
build
our
budget
by
Charter,
it
has
to
be
approved
in
February
and
every
year
when
it
gets
approved
by
State
Statute.
It
has
to
be
a
balanced
budget
and
on
those
years
where
you
see
that
the
state
did
one-time
funding,
it
was
always
three
or
four
months
after
we
had
already
passed
our
budget.
A
A
I
briefed
this
to
numerous
committees
in
Juneau
last
year
and
to
the
House
and
Senate,
and
you
know,
I
I
think
you
know
they
had
a
lot
of
priorities
and
at
the
end
of
the
day
they
did
give
us
16
million
in
one-time
funding,
which
we're
going
to
save
for
next
year,
which
helps
a
little
bit
and
a
30
BSA
increase.
But
it
is
a
68
million
dollar
deficit
as
we
plan
the
budget
so
later
on.
A
If
you
have
questions
on
this,
we
can
talk
about
it
but
I'll
hand
over
to
Shannon
to
talk
about
one
of
many
many
things
we're
doing
and
and
I
know.
Some
people
are
wondering
you
know
we
announced
Sports
very
early.
We
announced
school
closures
really
early
if
we
don't
have
to
have
a
budget
passed
till
February
and
we
knew
that
this
was
such
an
emotional
issue
that
we
had
to
get
in
front
of
the
parents,
the
families,
the
communities
as
early
as
possible.
So
we
had
time
to
get
your
feedback.
B
Foreign
well
part
of
my
role
as
a
consultant
is
to
provide
a
national
perspective,
so
I
work
all
over
the
Western
U.S
and
work
for
a
lot
of
districts
that
are
very
comparable
to
Anchorage,
and
a
lot
of
the
things
that
are
happening
to
us
are
happening
elsewhere.
So,
basically,
in
addition
to
our
structural
shortfall,
budgetarily,
we
have
a
declining
birth
rate
and
declining
enrollment
and
I'll
talk
with
you
a
little
bit
more
about
that,
but
family
sizes,
all
over
the
United
States,
are
dropping
very
rapidly.
B
People
are
having
fewer
and
fewer
children,
and
so
a
lot
of
that
is
already
in
our
system,
with
smaller
Elementary
School
grades
and
there's
a
lot
more
of
it.
Coming
as
families
decide
to
have
fewer
children.
As
you
look
at
this,
you
can
see.
We
have
18
schools
that
are
at
less
than
65
percent
of
their
capacity.
B
So
already
most
of
our
schools
are
about
a
third
down
from
what
they
could
fully
hold
if
they
were
full
according
to
how
the
Alaska
deed
office
rates
are
buildings
for
capacity,
we've
got
a
lot
of
staff
that
are
spread
really
thin.
We
had
a
significant
number
of
teaching
food
service
and
transportation
vacancies
when
we
started
the
school
year
and
districts
all
over.
B
So
this
whole
idea
of
to
have
a
larger
student
body
and
a
larger
faculty
allows
us
to
have
more
services
for
children
with
a
couple
of
a
bunch
of
specialized
staff
and
I'll
talk
about
that
in
just
a
second,
but
also
when
we
have
more
children
in
the
building.
We
smooth
out
grade
to
grade
volatility,
so
we
won't
have
situations
where
we
have
30
first
graders
45.
Second
graders
28
third
graders
Etc,
which
are
hard
to
staff,
were
able
to
kind
of
balance
staff
when
we
have
three
sections
per
grade
level.
B
So
a
lot
of
districts
are
really
looking
at
well.
How
do
we
achieve
that
and
in
their
cost-cutting
Explorations
they're,
trying
to
make
class
size
being
the
last
thing
that
they
look
at,
but
they're
looking
more
urgently
at
the
idea
of
consolidating
small
buildings
and
trying
to
come
up
with
larger
programs
so
that
we
can
operate
a
little
bit
more
efficiently?
B
As
far
as
what
children
experience
in
the
classroom,
a
lot
of
districts
have
been
able
to
do
that
without
changing
class
size
at
all,
because
they're
becoming
more
efficient
and
having
more
children
in
the
building,
they're
able
to
have
smoother
grade
to
grade
sizes
and
sizes
Within
third
grades,
because
they
have
more
children
to
work
with
to
configure
sections.
B
Another
thing
that
districts
are
looking
at
is
moving
sixth
grade
into
Middle
School.
So
that
may
be
the
next
thing
that
we
look
at
as
a
school
district,
because
a
lot
of
our
middle
schools
are
small,
with
grades
seven
and
eight
only,
and
that
affects
our
ability
to
offer
a
high
quality
master
schedule
to
give
children
what
they
need
as
far
as
specialized
providers
in
the
building.
B
Here
are
some
of
the
specialized
providers
that
are
about
35
to
38
percent
of
every
elementary
school.
So
you
can
see,
we've
got
art,
health
and
PE.
Then
we've
got
English
language.
Learners
we've
got
nurses,
we've
got
occupational
therapists,
physical
therapists,
instructional,
coaches,
Librarians
speech,
pathologists,
that's
about
35
percent
of
every
faculty
of
these
specialized
providers
in
small
buildings.
B
We
think
we
deliver
better
service
when
those
folks
are
more
concentrated
in
one
or
two
buildings,
so
the
larger
schools
are
actually
able
to
concentrate
those
service
providers
in
fewer
buildings
and
give
them
a
little
bit
more
tenure
where
they
become
a
little
bit
more.
A
member
of
the
family.
In
that
specific
building
at
the
secondary
level,
you
can
see
master
schedule,
viability,
kids,
getting
what
they
want
from
their
schedule:
Sports
and
activities
special
services
just
like
what
we're
seeing
up
in
the
elementary
category.
B
You
will
see
the
grade
size
as
it
existed
in
2017.,
and
you
can
see
that
we're
three
to
four
hundred
to
Five
Hundred,
kids
short
in
those
grades
than
we
were
five
years
ago.
So
those
are
the
additional
children
that
we've
lost
and
the
district
has
been
looking
at
its
efficiency
issues.
In
school
utilization
for
at
least
eight
years
that
I
know
of
as
far
as
how
challenged
we
are
with
school
utilization,
so
this
trend
is
kind
of
going
to
be
exacerbated
by
those
birth
members
which
are
going
to
make
those
bars
even
lower.
B
B
So
we
would
like
to
focus
our
conversation
on
Northwood,
but
we
would
like
to
show
you
the
other
things
that
we
are
proposing
around
the
district,
we're
proposing
the
closure
of
Abbott
Loop,
which
is
currently
at
about
65
percent
of
its
capacity,
we're
proposing
the
closure
of
Birchwood
ABC,
which
is
at
51
percent
on
the
right.
You
can
see
the
destination
schools
for
these
closures,
so
Abbott
Loop
would
go
to
cassoon
and
Trailside
Birchwood
would
go
to
Homestead
clapped
Elementary
down
in
South
Anchorage.
B
We
are
proposing
transferring
that
into
Campbell
and
Ocean
View
Monaca
Valley
would
have
about,
has
66
percent
utilization,
they
would
be
transferred
to
Chester
Valley
and
Russian
Jack
and
then
Wonder
Park
is
our
other
closure
at
55
percent
utilization.
That
would
go
to
willawan
Ptarmigan
for
these
six
schools,
including
Northwood,
which
I'll
get
to
in
just
a
moment.
We
create
eight
three
section
per
grade
level
schools.
B
B
So
in
this
mix
you
can
see
four
schools
that
would
be
repurposed
as
locations
for
charter
schools
that
are
currently
in
other
space
right
now.
They
would
become
part
of
the
district
in
the
district's
facility,
and
then
you
see
two
Early
Childhood
centers
at
nunaca,
Valley
and
Northwood.
That's
a
preschool!
So
all
over
the
West
districts
are
creating
these
concentrated
Mission
driven
schools
that
just
serve
three
and
four-year-old
students.
B
So
that
strategy
would
result
in
the
children
who
were
in
preschool
in
this
building
now
remaining
if
we
did
that,
so
this
would
continue
to
be
a
preschool-centric
building
when
the
district
does
not
run
a
general
education
K-5
facility.
We
save
a
significant
amount
of
money
when
those
are
operated
by
either
a
charter
school
or
they're
An
Early,
Childhood
Center,
so
that
is
part
of
the
Savings.
B
In
addition
to
looking
at
eliminating
some
programs
looking
at
some
Central
Services
and
looking
at
extracurriculars
and
sports,
which
you've
probably
heard,
are
also
being
considered
and
then
finally,
the
last
priority
would
be
student
teacher
ratio
or
classroom
size.
B
So
that's
what
most
districts
consider
to
be
the
last
option
regarding
Northwood
here's,
what
our
proposal
would
be
that
we
would
relocate
Northwood
to
Lake
Hood
So
lakehood
currently
has
29
classrooms
I
think
there
are
just
around
200
students
there
and
I
think
we're
looking
at
taking
a
piece
of
Lake
hood
and
probably
transferring
it
to
turn
again
an
area
that
is
closer
to
turn
again
elementary
school.
B
So
we
would
be
doing
some
balancing
we'll
be
looking
at
every
room
available
in
lake
hood
and
making
sure
that
we
have
a
viable
number
of
children
and
a
viable
number
of
rooms
for
general
education
and
then
a
viable
amount
of
special
education
support
support
spaces
as
well.
We've
done
some
preliminary
head
scratching
on
Lake
hood
and
we
believe
that
that
will
work,
but
we
would
wind
up
with
440
450
students
in
Lake
Hood,
which
would
be
a
three
section
per
grade
level
School.
B
So
they
could
would
be
one
of
those
schools
that
gains
the
scale
of
three
sections
per
grade
level.
So
we
believe
this
the
grade
levels
would
be
more.
Even
we
would
be
better
able
to
deliver
Subs,
we
would
have
more
even
class
sizes,
and
we
would
have
a
little
bit
more
scale
in
that
building
for
the
35
percent
of
the
faculty
that
special
service
providers,
we
would
have
a
lot
more
of
those
folks
in
the
building.
The
size
of
the
faculty
would
almost
double.
B
So
with
that.
That
is
our
presentation
for
this
evening.
So
what
I'd?
Like
to
do
at
this
point
is
begin,
the
question
and
answer
phase
and
again
we
have
about
three
questions.
Mj
is
going
to
call
30
seconds
and
then
time
please,
these
microphones
here
are
positioned.
Are
we
going
to
drag
those
more
toward
the
middle
or
are
they
staying
right
where
they
are
they're.
B
Okay,
so
if
you
could
approach
these
microphones
and
ask
your
question
I'm
going
to
call
people
one
at
a
time
off
of
this
list
and
I'll,
ask
the
second
person
to
speak
to
be
ready
to
come
forward.
We
have
15
people
who
would
like
to
speak
and
we're
looking
forward
to
giving
us
complete
an
answer.
As
we
can
remember,
we
had
Mr
Anderson,
who
is
our
Chief
Financial
Officer
Mr
Holland,
who
is
our
chief
operations
officer,
Mr
viste,
who
is
our
elementary
education,
director
and
Miss
Wayne?
B
D
Hello
I
listened
last
night
to
the
presentation
from
Birchwood
via
Facebook
and
I
just
want
to
applaud
all
of
you
and
all
of
our
public
Educators
that
my
tax
dollars
go
to
and
I'm
sorry
that
the
legislature
hasn't
funded
appropriately
the
student-based
allocation
that
every
child
deserves.
One
of
my
questions
has
to
do
with
the
Inlet
View
and
the
Aquarian
I
know
they're
in
our
neighborhood
I've,
just
done
a
little
bit
of
drill
fact.
Finding
myself
one
thing
that
I
don't
see
in
any
of
your
presentations
has
to
do
with
like
diversity,
Equity
inclusion.
D
It
almost
feels,
like
our
seats,
are
vacant
here
in
this
room
and
I'm
really
trying
to
channel
and
I
guess
advocate,
for
perhaps
the
people
that
aren't
here
the
voiceless
I
know
that
there's
perhaps
a
certain
level
of
complacency
or
apathy.
D
D
D
We
know
that
there
are
socio-economic
issues
at
State
when
we
turn
this
into
a
race
as
to
who
can
get
into
the
best
school
and
I
really
want
to
put
pressure
on
not
just
the
legislature,
but
for
just
the
community
and
the
neighborhood
aspect
of
this
school,
and
for
you
to
look
at
Equitable
and
just
opportunities
to
ensure
that
my
children
are
exposed
to
the
map
and
the
neighborhood
and
the
network
of
what
makes
Anchorage
or
our
neighborhoods
a
community
and
look
at
that
carefully.
On.
E
D
Before
doing
this,
I
actually
work
for
the
census
and
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
data
there
I
encourage
you
to
drill
down
into
perhaps
an
Actuarial
analyst
of
The,
Haves
and
have-nots
when
looking
at
Lottery
systems
and
take
a
careful
look
at
what
we
want,
our
schools
and
our
classrooms
to
be
made
of
and
make
the
magic
happen
for
the
future
of
our
children.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
I
I
think
that
I
I
want
to
add
to
the
I,
don't
think
I'm
prepared
to
respond
to
the
Inlet
View
question
I'm
sure
there
may
be
some
other
questions
and
we'll
attempt
to
do
that,
but
regarding
as
far
as
how
these
schools
were
identified
again,
we're
mostly
looking
at
instructional
scale,
and
there
is
a
very
high
percentage
of
Title
1
students
in
Anchorage,
School,
District
and
a
lot
of
the
service
levels
in
the
larger
schools.
B
We
think,
as
far
as
the
professionals
go
would
be
somewhat
level
as
far
as
Title
One
funding.
Most
of
what
I've
heard
from
District
staff
is
that
everyone
will
remain
relatively
whole
as
far
as
what
they're
receiving
from
a
title,
one
standpoint
as
far
as
neighborhood
to
Neighborhood
from
an
equity
standpoint,
I,
don't
know
how
to
address
that.
B
I
think
that
there
are
probably
four
schools
in
the
district
that
have
some
sort
of
a
lottery
as
what
you're
talking
about
for
admission
and
a
lot
of
those
schools,
the
they
are
using
a
lottery
for
students
from
outside
of
their
attendance
areas
and
when
I
look
at
those
numbers,
there
aren't
hundreds
of
students
waiting.
Some
of
the
buildings
are
rather
small
to
begin
with.
So
as
far
as
my
perspective,
as
looking
at
these
as
far
as
trying
to
make
them
as
affordable
and
as
efficient
as
possible,
I'm
looking
them
at
them.
B
So
we've
tried
to
not
do
much
harm
if
any
as
we've
reconfigured,
these
larger
schools
a
lot
of
them.
The
populations
look
very
similar
when
we've
combined
them
beyond
that.
I
think
that
I
think
that's
probably
the
best
answer
I
can
offer
to
you
now
try
to.
If
you
have
a
further
question,
we'd
be
delighted
to
address
that
after
the
meeting.
F
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
Mitchell
Cullum
I'm,
an
Anchorage
resident
property
taxpayer,
former
ASD
student,
husband
of
an
ASD
Teacher
and
father
of
a
future
student.
We
have
heard
ASD
say
that
closing
this
school
and
five
others
will
save
around
600
000
per
year
per
School.
These
proposed
closures
are
happening
at
the
same
time,
ASD
board
members
will
be
voting
on
December
5th
to
allocate
37
million
dollars
for
a
new
replacement
school
for
Inlet
View
Elementary
in
a
wealthy,
politically
connected
Downtown
Anchorage
neighborhood.
F
It
is
inappropriate
for
ASD
board
members
to
use
37
million
dollars
in
state
Bond
debt
reimburse
reimbursement
funds
for
Inlet
View
Elementary
replacement,
as
opposed
to
a
less
expensive
remodel.
Given
the
current
budget
shortfall
ASD
is
in
a
tough
spot
budget
wise.
There
is
no
denying
that
I
understand
and
recognize
this,
but
ASD
needs
to
prioritize
needs
versus
wants,
just
like
you
or
I
would
do
with
our
own
personal
budgets.
F
If
your
car
dies,
when
you
are
in
a
tough
spot
budget
wise,
you
don't
go,
buy
a
new
car.
You
go
used.
Car
shopping
there
are.
There
may
be
those
here
that
see
my
concerns
as
unrelated
to
your
neighborhood
School
closure,
but
asd's
inappropriate.
Spending
of
limited
funds
affects
all
Anchorage
residents
and
taxpayers,
and
these
one-time
State
funds
they
receive
this
summer
can
be
used
for
expenses,
including
keeping
your
school
open.
F
I
urge
those
in
attendance
and
viewing
this
presentation
to
contact
school
board
members
and
ask
them
to
fund
an
Inlet
View
remodel
instead
of
a
new
construction
replacement,
feel
free
to
remind
them
that
the
Anchorage
voters
rejected
their
request
for
a
new
construction.
Inlet
View
Elementary
back
in
April
of
this
year
also
point
out
that
the
37
million
dollars
of
unallocated
State
money
they
are
considering.
Spending
on
Inlet
View
was
intended
to
be
Anchorage
property
taxpayer
relief
and
should
not
be
used
to
subvert.
B
I'm
going
to
ask
Jim
Anderson
to
address
Mitchell's
point
and
a
little
bit
of
Donna's
question
as
well,
so
Jim,
could
you
take
a
stab
at
that.
A
As
you
stated,
the
37
million
in
state
Bond
debt
reimbursement,
it
has
not
been
decided
and
will
be
decided,
December
5th,
and
we
appreciate
you
bringing
that
up
last
night
and
again
tonight
and
I'm
sure
we'll
see
you
on
December
5th,
thanks
Mitchell.
B
H
There
You
Go,
sir.
Thank
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
My
name
is
Merle.
Lakers
I've
lived
in
this
neighborhood
for
55
years
or
so.
I
went
to
Anchorage
schools
from
ninth
from
the
fourth
grade
on
graduated
in
1953
from
high
school.
Here
one
of
my
first
jobs
we
used
to
pay,
which
was
in
the
territorial
days.
Of
course,
we
used
to
get
a
school
tax
of
33
dollars
taken
out
of
your
first
paycheck.
H
So
maybe
you
want
to
think
about
that
at
some
point
in
time
now.
The
other
thing
is
where
you
sit
today,
you're
in
the
spinard
community
council
this,
if
you
close
this
school,
this
will
be
the
second
school
that
the
school
district
has
closed
in
this
Council.
They
closed
the
Woodland
Park
School
back
in
1979..
H
My
children
were
in
that
school
at
the
time
when
it
was
closed-
and
you
may
remember
those
most
of
you
won't
remember,
there's
only
probably
one
guy
up
there,
that's
old
enough
to
remember
the
that
you
they
closed
the
school
and
they
closed
Woodland,
Park
School
and
within
two
years
they
were
adding
Portables
at
turn
again
school.
To
pick
up
the
slack
and
it
what
was
then
called
them,
Northern
Lights
a
b
ABC
school.
H
So
all
those
things
happened,
and
there
was
a
lawsuit
and
I
want
us
to
hear
that
every
one
of
you
go
back
and
review
that
lawsuit,
Charlie
tunley
was
our
lived
in
our
neighborhood
and
he's
brought
a
lawsuit
against
the
school
district
over
that
issue.
In
the
end
we
lost
not
because
he
lost
the
case,
but
because
the
School
District
closed
the
school
and
by
the
time
the
judge,
you
know
acted
on
his
request,
it
was
all
it
was
over
and
done
with
now.
H
What
happened
to
that
school
remember
the
school
is
called
is
over
here.
Now
it's
good!
It's
now
the
boys
and
clothes
Girls
Club
the
city
sold
that
they
sold
that
school
for
one
dollar
with
10
acres
of
ground
and
they
closed
the
school
because
they
didn't
have
a
roof.
They
said
the
roof
needed
repair.
H
All
right:
well,
anyway,
they
fixed
the
roof.
The
Boys
and
Girls
Club
is
still
over
there
and
you
know,
and
what
did
you
have
to
do?
You
had
to
go
and
build
another
school?
You
had
rooms
at
Lake
turn
again
and
you
build
a
new
school
at
Lake
good
and
you
had
a
perfectly
good
building
over
there.
So
that's
not
my
point
that
I'm
making
to
you
today
and
the
demographic
times.
G
B
C
Of
the
Asian
Alaskan
Cultural
Center,
and
when
we
heard
about
the
closure
of
this
school,
you
know
that
we
use
this
building,
that
is
the
Asian
Alaskan
Cultural
Center
this.
That
is
the
kitchen
and
the
two
build
the
two
rooms
over
there,
that
is
the
Asian
Alaska
cultural
center
and
also
we
use
this
building
for
the
Chinese
school
and
the
Korean
language
school.
C
We
give
a
free
show
to
the
students
to
go
to
the
Performing
Arts
Center
every
year,
just
excluding
this
pandemic,
of
course,
and
we
give
them
free
tickets
to
go
and
watch
the
show
and
also
bus
to
go
to
and
watch
the
show
if
they're
going
to
close
this
building
or
repurpose
this
building.
The
question
is:
is
the
Asian
Alaskan
culture
center
still
use
this
building
for
their
activities
and
also
for
the
students
that
are
coming
into
this
school,
or
are
we
going
to
be
transferred
to
or
or
because
we
share?
C
B
Thank
you
well
I'll
ask
Eric,
let's
see
to
answer
this
question
and
call
sincere
Johnson,
I'm.
Sorry.
G
Thanks
for
testifying-
and
thanks
for
your
question,
the
short
answer
is:
yes,
you
are
going
to
continue
the
partnership
with
you.
We've
talked
through
our
rentals
department
and
Our
intention.
Is
that
we're
going
to
continue
the
relationship
with
the
Malaysian
Asian
Alaskan
cultural
program?
So
we
don't
see
that
changing
and
the
plan
is
not
to
close
the
school
building
the
planet.
The
plan
is
to
repurpose
it
into
an
Early
Childhood
Center,
so
there
would
still
be
students
different
age
level
of
students,
but
we
would
still
have
students
in
the
building.
Here
too,.
B
Great
sincere
Johnson,
followed
by
rabiel
Islam.
I
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
my
name
Islam.
Actually,
I
I
had
a
two-key
roses
in
this
school
I
like
this,
okay,
okay,
sorry,
you
know,
I
think
it's.
The
school
clothing
is
making
me
sad,
because
education
is
backbone
of
national.
So
it's
like
everyone
in
the
school
is
more
interesting,
not
decreasing.
I
So
I
think
my
opinion
is
like
neighborhood
student
they're
hard
to
come
over.
If
his
movie
school,
then
they
have
a
hard
time
to
go
other
school,
because
transportation
system
is
not
real
good
over
here.
I
think
my
opinion,
because
I've
been
I
am
as
a
taxi
driver.
I
drive
all
over
Anchorage,
so
I
know
it's
like
lots
of
kids.
They
work
to
come.
This
is
not
to
the
elementary
school.
I
So
if
the
claw
you
guys
close
it,
this
is
cool
and
put
it
North
to
Lakewood.
It
will
be
difficulties
for
neighborhood
student
because
elementary
kids,
they
wait
for
bosses.
Bus
system
is
not
real
good
for
the
school
district.
I
think
my
opinion,
that's
my
only
answer
and
questions.
Thank
you
very
much.
J
Hello.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
would
like
to
say
that
I
am
a
parent
of
two
I
have
two
children
that
I
both
attend
Northwood.
My
son
is
in
the
fifth
grade
and
my
daughter
is
in
the
second
grade,
both
of
whom
have
attended
Northwood
since
preschool
I
chose
Northwood
because
of
their
preschool
program.
I
was
very
fond
of
it.
They
had
a
great
buddy
bear
system
and
I
also
appreciated
the
fact
that
they
had
language
Services.
My
son
was
in
need
of
speech
therapy,
so
I
chose
Northwood.
J
Also
I
had
moved
across
town,
but
I
actually
drive
my
children
from
Muldoon
to
spinard
every
day,
because
I
believe
in
a
community
environment
I
believe
that
the
the
the
impacts
of
moving
my
children
will
have
on
them
because
of
the
relationships
that
they
have
built
at
Northwood.
They
know
all
the
teachers,
they
know
all
the
children.
J
How
is
that
going
to
impact
my
children?
How
am
I
going
to
sit
here
and
tell
my
children?
The
school
district
has
a
budget
problem,
so
it's
your
fault.
Our
school
is
closing.
Now
how
am
I
going
to
explain
that
to
a
second
grader
or
a
fifth
grader
covid
has
impacted
our
children
immensely
on
their
mental
health.
How
is
closing
a
school
going
to
impact
their
Mental
Health
I
really
hope
that
they
think
about
these
things,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
E
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Lois
Epstein
and
I
am
an
Alaska
licensed
engineer
who
lives
near
but
not
adjacent
to
Inlet
View
Elementary
School
in
Libya
is
a
lot
like
Northwood,
a
beloved
neighborhood
School.
There
are
lots
of
reasons
why
the
proposed
rebuild
of
Inlet
View
doesn't
make
sense,
but
I
will
not
go
into
those
today.
E
What
I
will
say
for
this
audience
is
that
the
rebuild
is
way
too
expensive
at
more
than
35
37
million,
and
a
remodel
built
close
to
the
current
footprint
makes
the
most
sense
that
remodel
would
save
around
10
to
15
million
and
would
keep
Northwood
open,
potentially
I
urge
you,
as
parents
and
others
interested
in
Anchorage
School
District
spending
to
encourage
the
school
board
to
fund
a
remodel
and
not
a
rebuild
of
Inlet
View
when
it
makes
its
budget
decision
on
December
5th
and
finally,
later
in
December
and
last
to
our
consultant
here
today,
I
would
say
that
walkability
needs
to
be
a
factor
in
keeping
a
school
open,
which
would
argue
for
maintaining
Northwood.
K
We
can't
afford
to
close
our
schools.
They
are
the
heart
of
the
community
of
the
neighborhoods.
Our
children
are
thriving
at
Northwood
because
of
our
excellent
dedicated
teachers.
We
have
survived
covid
and
are
building
a
strong
Foundation
These
Are
Young
Smart,
gifted
kids,
who
are
eager
and
excited
to
learn.
They
deserve
a
good
education.
We
have
the
youngest
three
and
four
and
special
needs
as
well.
The
real
problem
is
the
heartless
underfunding
of
the
school
system
by
the
state
legislature
and
the
state
of
Alaska.
K
For
decades,
only
the
state
legislature
can
correct
this
tragedy
and
provide
the
proper
funding
for
today's
economy.
The
state
is
not
adjusted
the
base
student
allocation,
the
key
components
since
2015-2016
seven
years
ago
costs
have
soared.
Since
then,
this
needs
to
be
an
increase
of
640
dollars
per
student
to
meet
23
24
needs.
They
last
study
the
district
cost
factor
that
is
part
of
the
foundation
formula
in
2004..
The
last
allocation
occurred
in
2001
over
20
years
ago.
K
K
We
must
all
email,
write
and
call
the
state,
legislator,
senators
and
governor
and
demand
an
immediate
priority
in
this
matter.
This
is
a
crisis.
Our
children
have
been
ID
and
denied
the
basic
funding
they
deserve
and
legally
should
have
been
provided
for
years.
We
need
an
inflation
increase
to
match
the
15
inflation,
not
point
five
percent
educating
our
children
is
an
investment
in
our
future.
We.
M
K
K
For
now
and
people
will
approve
bonds
rather
than
close
schools
as
a
community,
we
need
to
speak
out
to
the
state
legislature,
senators
and
governor
and
demand
immediate
action
to
make
sure
they
provide
adequate,
responsible
and
updated
funding.
If
withholding
these
basic
funds
from
tens
of
thousands
of
our
school
children
is
not
a
crime,
it
should
be.
K
We
can
spend
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
and
continue
to
spend
Millions
a
month
to
shuffle
a
thousand
homeless
around
for
years,
but
not
70
million
for
our
students
that
should
that
has
been
already
should
have
all
have
been
allocated
for
years,
and
we
are
against
cramming
them
into
classes
of
30
or
40
or
more.
Thank
you.
L
I
will
now
pretend
that
you
are
all
second
graders,
so
I'm
not
nervous
I'm
new
to
Alaska.
This
is
my
second
year
in
Anchorage,
School
District.
However
I'm
a
teacher
of
more
than
15
years
experience.
I
am
a
board-certified
educator
with
a
master's
degree
in
educational
psychology,
I've
taught
in
Colorado
California,
Florida
and
West
Africa.
Last
year,
my
first
year
in
Anchorage
School
District,
was
the
most
difficult
year.
I've
had
there
were
a
lot
of
things
that
contributed
to
this
as
I've
learned
more
about
working
in
this
District
I'm.
L
Finding
that
this
triage
mode
of
operating
may
be
more
like
business
as
usual.
This
includes
this
current
School
closure
decision,
I'm
just
here
to
remind
you
that
the
conversation
needs
to
be
about
students
and
families,
because
this
is
who
we
will
be
answering
to
if
it
turns
out
not
to
be
a
good
long-term
plan.
L
B
N
Good
evening,
I
have
I've
been
patient
in
this
process
to
not
jump
in
too
soon.
I
listened
to
the
superintendent
of
schools.
A
few
weeks
ago,
at
a
rotary
class,
a
rotary
club
meeting
I
have
I'm
here
in
the
capacity
of
a
has
a
basically
as
a
grandfather
and
I've
got
six
grandchildren.
Five
of
them
in
in
school,
in
Anchorage
I,
went
to
Birchwood
and
listened
to
the
presentation.
You
you
did
an
excellent
job.
Answering
questions
presenting
it.
You
you
do
a
very
good
job.
N
I
I
can
relate
to
the
students
a
bit
in
1964.
During
the
64
earthquake,
our
town
was
evacuated.
We
had
to
all
find
different
schools
to
go
to.
We
were
pulled
out
of
our
schools
and
moved
to
a
different
School
in
a
different
area.
What
not
so
it
can
relate
to
the
disruption
that
that
creates
I
can
empathize
with
the
parents
the
emotional
trauma
associated
with
that
when
you
blend
different
schools,
one
school
always
remains
dominant.
The
other
one
goes
away
and
that's
difficult.
You're
in
a
different
and
I
can
relate
to
you.
N
I
had
a
4.3
billion
dollar
hole
in
my
budget
and
and
had
made
some
very
difficult
decisions,
very
difficult,
very
painful
decision,
so
I
can
relate
to
all
sides
of
this
of
this
dilemma
that
you
find
yourselves
my
concern
is
this
I
think
what
we're
seeing
is
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
in
education
I'm
very
concerned
that,
as
we
look
at
six
three
were
closed
in
Fairbanks
six,
we're
looking
at
now,
but
potentially
a
total
of
18..
N
That's
going
to
be
a
massive
destruction
of
our
education
system
in
Alaska,
because
I
think
it
goes
far
beyond
what
we're
seeing
here.
You
know
we
forward-funded
education
when
and
when
I
was
in
office.
Subsequently,
a
subsequent
Governor
sued
on
that
to
overturn
that.
So
we
can't
fund
and
the
court
said
we
cannot
afford
fund
education.
Fine
we've
got
to
fix
the
problem
here
we
are
with
you
know,
was
80
now
70
billion
dollars
in
the
bank
and
we're
closing
schools,
we're
opening
prisons
and
closing
schools.
N
There's
something
systemically
wrong
with
our
state
that
we
are
doing
that.
You
know
when
you
when
fingers
are
pointed
some
are
pointing
at
the
legislature
and
the
governor
and
that's
appropriate.
You
know
myself
included.
I
was
governor
during
a
period
this
time,
I'm
passionate
about
an
endowment
for
Education
Texas
has
a
45
billion
Endowment
for
Education.
They
don't
worry
about
what
the
price
of
oil
is:
who's,
the
governor
who's,
the
legislature,
who's,
The,
Speaker,
who's,
the
president
Senate
they
have
education
figured
out
and
and
they
keep
up
with
inflation.
N
N
Of
Education,
when
you
give
a
30
30
adjustment
on
the
BSA,
we
are,
you
know,
there's
a
concept
was
that
my
30
seconds
I'm
used
to
short
speeches
lately
on
this
little
foreign.
But
not
you
know,
there's
a
concept:
I
mean
Kick
the
Can
down
the
road.
Eventually
it
the
can
kicks
back,
the
can
is
kicking
back.
The
problem
is
those
that
are
going
to
be.
The
brunt
of
this.
N
I
was
born
in
the
territory
of
Alaska.
I
went
through
all
my
education.
You
know
started
off
in
Fort
really
in
a
quonset
hut
for
for
kindergarten,
I
went
all
through
different
levels
of
Education
in
Alaska.
This
is
the
first
time
I've
ever
seen
us
implode
education.
It's
the
highest
priority
that
we
should
have
is
our
education.
We
can't
get.
We
don't
get
that
right.
We
don't
get
anything
right.
N
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do
put
pressure
on
on
elected
officials
in
Juno
that
are
going
to
Juno
continue
to
put
pressure
on
them,
because
that's
that's!
Where
it's
going
to
be
solved,
that's
the
priority!
You
can
only
do
what
what
you're,
given
you
haven't,
had
an
adjustment
since
2017.
so
keep
doing,
keep
putting
the
pressure
on
we've
got
to
fix
this.
We've
never
had
this
dilemma
in
the
state
as
long
as
I've
I've
lived
all
my
life.
So
thank
you
for
what
you've
done
very
much
the
way
you
presented
it.
N
Thank
you
to
the
parents,
have
come
out
and
and
given
the
heartfelt
testimony
and
we'll
continue
on
because
they're
fighting
for
their
kids
rights,
they're
fighting
for
their
kids,
you
know
to
stay
in
their
in
their
schools
and
continue
the
good
education
they're
receiving
and
for
the
teachers
do
we
receive.
You
know,
benefits
program
that
is
competitive.
We
have
the
worst
in
the
country.
Why
are
we
losing
teachers?
Why
are
we
listening
population
25
000
people
have
left
Alaska
over
the
past
several
years.
This
is
this
doesn't
help
this
gets
worse.
N
B
P
Sorry
most
of
my
questions
have
been
answered,
but
I'd
like
to
ask
a
couple
things.
You
say
well
we're
going
to
do
we're
going
gonna
kind
of
put
them
all
in
bigger
schools
and
stuff.
Okay.
How
are
these
kids
going
to
get
there?
We
don't
have
there
are
enough
buses
that
it
is
most
the
kids
here
in
Northwood.
A
lot
of
them
have
to
walk
a
lot
of
kids,
get
up
on
their
own
and
walk.
How
are
they
going
to
get
to
Lake.
P
B
Hang
on
a
second
I'm
going
to
ask
Mr
Anderson
to
answer
part
of
your
question.
While
I
look
up,
Liquid
stats.
A
Here,
real
quick:
well,
he
while
he's
looking
it
up,
I,
can
talk
about
the
we
we
are
going
to
bust.
So
we
know
that
we
started
off
with
a
busing
debacle,
and
a
lot
of
it
is
is
honestly
because
transportation
funding
hasn't
been
increased
since
July
of
2015.
We
get
481
dollars
per
student.
However,
so
we
kept
trying
to
keep
the
salaries
as
low
as
we
could,
because
we
kept
getting
using
more
and
more
operational
funds.
A
We
significantly
the
school
board
just
approved
a
compensation
package
for
bus
drivers,
that's
more
competitive
and
we're
also
working
with
we're
buying
new
software,
and
we
are
looking
at
reducing
the
number
of
routes
and
it's
looking
very
promising
that
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
support
the
transportation
requirement
by
reducing
routes
in
other
areas.
A
B
Many
children
per
classroom-
we
can't
say
at
this
point
we
we're
thinking
that
as
we
go
to
three
rounds,
we're
going
to
be
more
consistent
and
some
of
the
modeling
that
I've
done
on
looking
at
doing
a
large
number
of
three
section
per
grade
level.
Schools
results
in
us
being
better
at
managing
class
size
and
I'm,
showing
actually
some
reductions
when
we
become
more
consistent,
but
we
can't
really
guarantee
anything.
P
P
Okay,
yeah
that
just
doesn't
make
that
doesn't
make
too
much
sense
to
me,
because
some
of
the
classes
here
were
pretty
high
for
a
while,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
what
the
peel
is.
But
it
seems
to
me
the
title:
one
schools
are
getting
the
short
end
of
the
stick
and
a
lot
of
these
lower
income,
families
that
have
a
more
difficult
time,
driving
their
kids
to
school
and
doing
whatever
are
getting
a
real
short
end
of
the
stick.
Where
some
of
the
more
I
don't
know.
P
Wealthier
ones
are
kind
of
just
skating
free
and
that
doesn't
make
sense
to
close
this
school
when
there
are
schools
that
are
less.
But
this
has
been
chosen
and
so
I
strongly
disagree
with
that
and
I
think.
That's
very
poor
planning,
very
poor
planning
on
this
whoever's.
Whoever
makes
the
decision
I'm
not
sure
who
it
is,
but
that
is
not.
That
does
not
step
well
and
I.
Don't
think
that's
right
and
it
does
not
balance
and
it
doesn't
add
up
and
saying.
Well,
we
can't
tell
you
how
big
the
classes
are.
P
B
I'll
answer
a
little
bit
of
your
your
question:
we
would
transport
students
who
live
on
this
side
of
the
spinard
and
we
are
looking
at
Lake
Hood
as
a
building,
that's
bigger
than
this
building.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason.
The
rationale
behind
going
in
that
direction.
Mr
vistie,
would
like
to
add
something
to
the
class
size.
A
question.
G
As
well
and
thanks
for
your
question,
so
we
talked
with
the
the
staff
a
little
bit
and
the
staff
heard
this
this
morning
and
our
wonderful
second
grade
teacher
who
testified
earlier.
You
know
her
class
size
is
about
20
28,
29
students
right
now,
that's
pretty
large,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
Shannon
was
talking
about
is
a
three
section
school,
and
so,
when
you
get
to
a
larger
school
with
efficiency
sizes,
when
you
have
three
teachers
per
grade
level,
you're
allowed
to
do
some
common
planning
time.
G
The
Boost
teacher
collaboration
teacher
problem
solving
you're
also
able
to
do
a
little
bit
different
in
terms
of
leveling
when
you're
in
a
smaller
program,
you're
really
confined
between
by
the
number
of
students
per
grade
level,
which
is
how
you
get
to
the
size
of
29
in
a
grade
level.
And
then
you
start
creating
combination
classrooms,
where
a
teacher
has
to
teach
two
grade
levels
and
have
split
classrooms.
G
When
you
get
into
the
fifth
and
sixth
grade
in
Reading,
you
end
up
having
to
teach
two
curriculum
because
sixth
grade
is
a
whole
different
reading,
curriculum
and
then
you're
teaching
two
grade
levels.
So
one
of
the
benefits
of
moving
into
a
larger
school
with
a
three
section
school
is
you
increase
your
ability
to
design
flexible
structure
to
help
provide
a
stronger
instructional
model
for
students
and,
and
so
that
would
be
from
from
the
instruction
side
the
appeal
to
to
moving
into
a
larger
structure
like
that
at
Lake
Hood,
so
at
Lake
Hood.
P
P
L
And-
and
it
wasn't
clear
that
the
question
was
yes
and
right
now:
we're
understaffed,
because
we
can't
get
staff
hired
and
we
have
a
deficit
of
people
that
we
need
to
support
this
school.
So
if
we
go
to
another
school,
will
that
just
be
in
a
just
in
a
new
box
and
same
position.
That
was
maybe
something
that
you
could
clarify
for
this
woman.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
G
And,
and
so,
and
the
Staffing
shortage
in
education
in
general
is
just
similar
to
how
we
have
bus
drivers
and
things
like
that.
That's
very
real
everywhere,
from
our
University
system,
I'm
having
our
teacher
shortages
and
being
able
to
recruit
and
retain
teachers
here
in
Alaska.
So
the
the
question
to
that
would
be
the
answer
to
that
would
be.
G
It
really
depends
and
I
couldn't
predict
the
exact
number
of
teachers
that
will
have
applying
to
all
our
jobs
at
any
point
in
time,
but
the
allocations
at
how
we
as
a
district,
provide
Staffing.
We
would
provide
the
same
level
of
staff
thing
all
the
way
through
and
to
whether
we
could
have
someone
there.
That's
that's
something
in
the
future,
as
well
as
the
enrollment
too,
in
terms
of
how
many
kids
come
back,
and
there
thanks.
Thank.
R
Hi
hi
closer
good,
okay,
I'm,
Janelle,
Hartman
I'm,
also
a
teacher
here
at
Northwood
I
teach
health,
so
I
get
to
see
all
of
our
kiddos
from
K
through
six,
which
is
why
I
love
my
job
I
was
coming
back
from
Idaho,
where
I
originally
started.
Teaching
back
in
2020
during
the
pandemic
and
I
was
placed
at
Northwood
as
a
Jenna
teacher.
It
may
be
why
I
have
such
an
affinity
for
this
school.
We
all
went
through
that
experience
together.
R
Those
kiddos
are
my
kiddos
I
still
I'm,
so
grateful
that
I
get
to
see
those
kiddos
every
day
or
every
week
that
I'm
back
at
rotation
I
get
to
check
in
with
them.
I
know
their
families
and
I
also
know
what's
going
on
at
home,
and
so
something
that
stuck
out
to
me
with
the
presentation
was
the
and
I
know.
I
mentioned
it
in
our
staff
meeting,
but
the
birth
rate
factor
for
determining
what
schools
will
be
remaining
open
and
which
ones
may
be
closed.
R
I
can
account
for
at
least
half
a
dozen
kiddos,
since
starting
at
Northwood
that
have
had
siblings
through
the
pandemic
pandemic,
babies
and
multiple
siblings.
To
be
honest
with
you,
lots
of
kiddos
sharing
a
one-bedroom
apartment,
not
getting
enough
sleep
at
night,
because
you
know
we
have
kiddos
and
we
have
an
apartment
and
we
have
a
place
to
stay
and
they
come
to
school
and
they
have
a
place
to
learn,
and
we
are
here
for
them.
So
I
want
to
talk
about
Equity.
R
The
data
that
you
were
pulling
from
was
from
2019
and
I
believe
that
there
was
a
census
that
I
know
that
there
was
a
sentence
that
went
out
in
2020.
However,
if
we're
to
be
honest,
people
of
color
are
less
likely
to
fill
out
a
census
as
well
as
phone
out
correctly
or
for
lots
of
different
reasons,
and
our
community
is
a
largely
diverse
Community.
That's
another
reason
why
I
love
Northwood.
We
have
so
many
cultures
and
diversity
and
different
kiddos
that
show
up
every
day
and
it's
wonderful
learning
and
teaching
experience.
R
Additionally,
speaking
with
Mr
Shannon
after
the
meeting
I
asked
where
in
the
west
coast
that
he
was
going
and
doing
this
with
other
schools
and
other
school
districts
and
I
asked
specifically
about
the
states
and
it
is
Washington
Oregon
California,
some
Idaho
Colorado
again
going
back
to
teaching
in
Idaho
I
taught
in
a
classroom
with
30
kiddos,
and
it
was
hard
and
if
we
had
another
student,
we
were
at
full
capacity
with
a
four
rotation
plan
as
well
at
my
school
and
it
was
difficult.
I
would
have
31
32.
R
We
would
have
to
find
the
chairs
for
our
kiddos.
So
it's
not
a
difficult,
it's
difficult
and
it's
a
difficult
task,
but
I
care
about
this
community
I
care
about
where
our
data
is
coming
from
I
care
about
that
our
students
are
accounted
for
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
they
are
accounted
for
and
that
they
have
a
place
to
land
with
the
dignity
and
the
education
that
they
all
deserve.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
Well,
that's
our
last
speaker
I
want
to
look
to
the
panel
and
see
if
any
of
you
would
like
to
make
any
closing
remarks.
Does
anybody
have
anything
else
to
contribute?
A
You
know
there's
there's
when
we,
when
we
start
seeing
the
governor's
proposed
budget
on
December
15th.
That
kind
of
gives
you
an
indication
of
which
direction
we
may
go.
A
You
know
the
school
board
this
year.
I've
never
seen
the
scoreboard
be
faced
with
this
many
difficult
decisions,
all
at
once,
I
mean
honestly.
Every
one
of
them
is
crap
that
I've
given
them
and
they
know
it
and
everybody
knows
it
and
I'm,
and
there's
no
point
in
pretending
that
that
you
know
the
whole
Pollyanna
thing
when
it
comes
to
what
what
the
school
board
has
to
decide
on
exists.
A
But
but
I
can
tell
you
that
that
this
staff
and
the
school
board
we
are
all
in
on
when
it
comes
time
to
execute
whatever
we
have
to
do
that,
we're
going
to
do
everything
we
can
for
the
students
and
focus
on
the
kids
in
this
district
and
in
this
city.
A
But
please
talk
to
the
school
board
members.
You
can
email
them,
you
can
go
to
asd's
website
if
you
go
to
the
this
link.
If
you
go
to
hot
topics
on
the
ASD
website,
you'll
see
the
fy24
budget,
there's
a
place
where
you
can
write
stuff
in
because
we've
really
do
want
feedback,
and,
frankly,
even
this
afternoon
from
one
of
the
staff
members
of
this
school
that
I
now
want
to
hire
for
my
own
Department
I
had
a
great
idea
that
that
we
had
never
talked
about
so
and
I
was
serious.
A
I
want
to
hire
him,
but
but
but
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
tonight
unless
Schoolboy
president
wants
to
say
anything
feel
free
to
talk
to
her
afterwards
and
all
the
board
members
can
raise
their
hands
real,
quick.
Those
are
the
decision
makers.
So
please
talk
to
them.
Thank
you.
S
Can
I
can
I
can
I,
because
you
said
that
you
are
taking
care
of
the
kids
and
you
are
thinking
on
the
kids
and
the
kids,
but
I
didn't
see
any
like.
Did
you
do
a
survive
about
what
the
kids
are
thinking
because
I
think
if
you're
going
to
close
the
school
or
you
are
thinking
on
closing
the
school,
the
first
person
that
you
need
to
ask
is
the
kids.
S
A
A
great
question,
so
we
knew
when
we
started
looking
at
what
schools
we
were
going
to
close,
that
it
was
going
to
take
months
to
get
all
the
information
we
needed
like
down
to
the
student
level
down
to
the
moves,
how
many
buses,
who
wanted
a
bus
who
needs
a
bus.
We
knew
that
that
was
going
to
take
months.
A
We
know
that
by
Charter
we
have
to
pass
our
budget
in
February,
so
I
will
admit.
We
don't
have
all
the
answers
right
now,
because
we're
still
working
them
every
day,
and
one
of
the
reasons
we're
here
tonight
when
we
talked
to
the
staff
this
afternoon
is
to
get
more
information
to
continue
that
analysis
and
keep
pushing
it
and
there's
going
to
be
some
pieces
of
information
that
we
don't
have
down
to
the
child
level
until
probably
sometime
this
spring.
But
we
couldn't
afford
to
surprise
the
community.
A
We
couldn't
afford
to
surprise
the
families
by
waiting
until
we
had
more
information,
so
we
were
comfortable
standing
in
front
of
you
with
more
answers
because
you
don't
deserve
that
you
deserve
to
and
the
kids
don't
deserve
it
right.
I
mean
we
knew
that
we
were
going
to
be
unprepared
tonight
because
we
needed
another
month
to
answer
more
questions,
but
we
couldn't
wait
another
month
before
we
gave
you
a
heads
up.
It
was
unfair.
So,
yes,
ma'am.
K
K
This
is
a
crime
against
our
children
and
our
children
are
our
future
and
we've
just
survived
covid,
and
this
heartless
non-funding
is
unacceptable
and
if
we
don't
speak
out,
nothing
will
happen
and
you
cannot
close
these
schools
and
you
cannot
close
Northwood
because
we
are
committed
and
we
are
all
going
to
speak
out
and
we
need
an
uprising
against
them
because
they
have
neglected
our
children
and
it's
child
abuse.
It's
neglect
and
it's
a
shame.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do.
B
Thank
you.
Well
that
will
conclude
tonight's
presentation.
O
You
I
wasn't
going
to
speak
tonight.
There
are
a
few
of
us
running
for
governor,
but
I
want
to
arm
you
with
information.
This
is
a
this
is
a
there's,
a
lot
of
energy
in
this
room
and
we're
going
to
need
you
forget
about
what
happens
in
November.
Please
do
what
you
can.
However,
you
choose
in
November
one
thing:
I
guess,
I'm
surprised
to
hear
I
wasn't
even
going
to
comment
on
this
was
that
the
demographics
of
the
communities
were
not
considered
in
in
deciding
which
schools
would
be
closed.
O
I
think
poverty,
matters,
I,
think
I.
Think
the
fact
that
low-income
people
bought
houses
around
a
low-income
School,
a
title
one
school
matters
to
the
analysis,
so
I
hope
that
does
get
considered
at
some
point.
But
what
I
want
to
do
is
arm
all
of
you
as
somebody
who
used
to
be
a
legislator
and
used
to
say
we
have
to
keep
school
funding
up
with
inflation
every
single
year,
not
just
in
election
years.
This
has
me
a
little
bit
angry,
but
you
need
to
know
when
you,
when
people
try
to
shine.
O
You
on
and
and
politicians
will
shine
you
on.
You
need
to
know
that
the
state
school
formula,
the
Lower
State
funding,
is
the
lower
city.
Funding
is
allowed
to
be
so,
as
the
legislature
has
not
done
anything
and
the
governor
has
not
done
anything
to
increase
State
funding
that
has
get
that
has
lowered
the
ability
of
the
city
to
contribute,
because
the
city
can
only
contribute
a
percentage
of
what
the
state
can
contributes.
O
O
I,
don't
care
what
you
think
about
that,
but
speak
to
that
legislator
and
say:
if
you
don't
increase
funding,
this
city
cannot
contribute
more.
It
has
a
downhill
effect.
I
want
you
to
be
strong,
Advocates
I
want
you
to
be
strong
Advocates.
When
you
speak
to
your
legislators
and
your
candidates,
there
is
certainly
some
role
for
the
city
and
there's
a
role
for
the
school
board,
but
this
is
rolling
downhill
at
the
school
board.
O
If
State
funding
is
higher,
that
23
goes
up
and
cities
can
contribute
more
more
State
money
means
more
City
money,
and
we
won't
have
to
face
decisions
like
this
ever
again,
so
I
want
you
to
be
armed,
I
wasn't
going
to
talk
tonight,
but
this
is
a
very
well
educated
group
of
people.
I
want
you
to
fight
for
your
kids.
I
know,
you're
fighting
for
your
kids,
but
I
want
you
to
be
able
to
fight
your
legislators
for
your
kids.
Thank
you
all.
O
B
You
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
wrap
up
tonight,
so
I
had
a
list
of
registered
speakers
and
I
need
somebody
to
tell
me
if
I
need
to
take
people
at
Hawk
now.
Can
somebody
give
me
a
decision
on
that?
We're
we're
able
to.
B
T
T
The
association
rents
out
this
space
to
teach
people
Chinese
people
who
are
second
generation
third
generation
and
people
who
aren't
any
generation
Chinese.
That
school
teaches
people
not
just
the
language,
but
also
things
about,
maybe
their
cultural
heritage.
That
may
have
been
lost
and
it's
very
important,
and
it's
not
something
that
should
be
taken
lightly.
T
G
Shannon,
yes,
ma'am!
Thank
you
for
coming
and
I'm.
Sorry,
you
got
here.
We
were
late,
but
we
were
able
to
answer
it.
The
Chinese
program
will
be
continuing
here
so
I'm
happy
to
talk
to
you
after,
but
the
Chinese
program
will
still
stay
in
partnership
with
the
building
and
I
can
talk
to
you
after
this
okay.
Q
Good
evening
my
apologies
for
being
late,
otherwise
a
half
hour
I
would
have
been
able
to
sign
up
I'm
embarrassed
as
a
53-year
Alaskan
I'm,
pushing
59
all
over
the
map,
but
I've
been
here
a
very
long
time
and
I'm
I'm
ashamed.
That
I
haven't
kept
a
closer,
a
fingers
closer
on
the
pulse
of.
What's
going
on
with
our
education
to
find
out
that
this
state
is
49th
in
the
nation.
I
don't
remember
now
the
category,
but
that
was
all
I
had
to
hear
is
that
we
are
behind.
Q
We've
never
been
behind
before
we've
always
been
up
there
pushing
now.
My
quick
question
is
because
I
worked
in
corporate
contributions
and
community
relations
for
The
Old,
sohio
Company
back
in
the
day,
and
my
question
is:
is
anyone
thinking
of
doing
fundraising
from
the
General
Public
people
in
Alaska
give
granted?
We
are
in
a
really
difficult
time
with
gas
prices
and
all
the
other
things
that
are
going
on,
but
at
the
same
time
people
want
to
contribute
and
right
now
what
else
do
we
have?
Q
You
know
the
politics
and
all
those
things
I
mean
have
been
following
that
since
I
was
six
and
and
I
still
don't
make
sense
of
a
lot
of
it,
but
the
bottom
line
is
I,
do
have
resources
and
if
I
had
a
structured
place,
a
non-profit
that
came
out
of
our
school
I,
don't
know
how
you'd
figure
it
out,
but
I'd
certainly
be
happy
to
sit
down
because
again,
corporate
contributions.
Community
relations
I
worked
with
non-profits
all
over
this
state
and
it
was
between
79
and
about
92.
Q
That
I
did
that
work
and
people
don't
change
that
much
the
circumstances
we
have
to
work
with
change,
but
the
human
beings
still
have
those
same
needs
and
wants
to
helps
they
do
so.
Let's
get
together,
tell
me
who
to
see
and
I'll
help
you
figure
out
a
way
that
we
can
do
a
direct
from
the
public
fundraiser
to
support
our
schools,
because
that
should
embarrass
those
that
are
not
doing
it.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Well,
we'll
we'll
address
her
question.
Basically,
most
school
districts
have
a
foundation
through
which
they
collect
private
donations
because
of
the
separation
between
private
and
public
education.
Generally,
the
majority
of
funding
for
public
education
is
coming
through
tax
revenue
and
basically
through
public
channels.
So
there
aren't
many
districts
that
have
huge
percentages
of
their
operations
funded
from
private
means.
Although
there
are
a
lot
of
foundations
that
fund
teacher
grants,
curriculum
development,
a
variety
of
other
things,
but
for
Equity
reasons,
those
have
to
be
spread
system-wide.
B
B
Okay,
so
great
so
I'd
like
to
thank
the
technology
crew,
the
American
Sign
Language
crew,
the
translators
that
came
there
are
Chromebooks
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the
hall.
Please
take
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helps
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Community
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for
the
board
and
thanks
for
sharing
your
Friday
evening
with
us
thanks
everybody
and
good
night.