Incumbent Dave Donley is running against Irene Boll while incumbent Andy Holleman is up against Mark Anthony Cox in this year's Anchorage School Board races.
approved a balanced budget that drew on one-time funds, district savings, winding down programs, raising the pupil-to-teacher ratio by one student, administrative cuts and, Abbott Loop. Next year, without any changes to the state’s funding formula, district officials say there may be an even larger gap.
“We are doing some things that we just can’t do in the long run, because we feel like the programs matter that much,” Holleman said. “We absolutely don’t want to get ourselves to the point where we lay people off because we’re not sure we can hire them back again.” “I definitely don’t want to have to make any cuts, that’s for sure,” Boll said. “And it’s really just a play it by ear, and only do what’s absolutely necessary.”
However, Donley said there need to be reforms alongside an increase in state funding, including an increase in instructional hours in Alaska. Donley said Alaska’s instructional hour requirement is far lower than in many states across the country.Donley was the sole board member who voted against this year’s school district budget, which included raising the student-to-teacher ratio by one student as a means to close the budget gap.
“I think a lot of people understand the fact that the school can be an outlet where a student can talk about things like that is probably a huge benefit the vast majority of times,” Holleman said. “And it is tough. And then sometimes teachers bungle these conversations, too, just like parents do. So it’s not a perfect world by any means. But bringing in penalties of law when it doesn’t go right is a real problem.
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