A tool released this week will help the board gather community input about budget priorities.
Anchorage School Board members Kelly Lessens, Carl Jacobs and Margo Bellamy use a tool called Balancing Act during a budget work session on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024.to show how cuts to various departments could be used to balance the budget. Aggregate data from each of the board member’s budget decisions will be released next week, and the tool was released to the public on Wednesday.“I could not balance this budget without cutting programs and people.
“It's my duty to understand what the community values, and I understand the community values class sizes, which is why I acted as I did this morning,” Lessens said. “It certainly raises the question of, is this an emergency? And it truly is.” Holleman said the board will plan for a small BSA increase, and likely make revisions in April depending on what passes the Legislature.
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