The Anchorage School District is still working on how to close up a $68 million budget deficit, and the public brought their ideas to the podium Tuesday night.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - With Tuesday night’s Anchorage School Board Meeting centered on the Anchorage School District budget and a large amount of one-time funding, the room was packed with people who wanted to voice their opinions.The board and the dozens of attendees debated on revisions to theand how to allocate one-time funds from the state that total around $100 million.
“The administration has talked to them about shovel-ready projects that are already ready for next summer, and there’s boilers, there’s roofs, there’s security vestibules for elementary schools, and that’s about $37 million,” Anderson said. “We’ve also discussed potentially holding some of it because we do have many difficult decisions.”Many public testifiers spoke on what they feel should be funded for this upcoming year, including some youngsters.
“I know that you’re in a difficult position to cut funds for our school, but I ask you please don’t deprive people of learning another language,” Parish said. Others wore stickers supporting various other causes. Some speakers, like parent Lara Nations, focused on construction projects for Inlet View Elementary.
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