With less than a month to go before they vote on a proposal to cut or repurpose seven elementary schools, school board members say they’re still collecting information and hoping to hear from residents.
Anchorage School Board members Kelly Lessens and Dora Wilson listen to ASD chief operating officer Jim Anderson, center, speak during a work session on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.
Chief Academic Officer Sven Gustafson speaks during a community conversation on rightsizing ASD at Dimond High School on Thursday evening, Nov. 14, 2024. This slide from an Anchorage School District presentation to the Anchorage School Board during a work session on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, shows updated district estimates on the schools that students might move to if their elementary school closes under the three-year"Rightsizing ASD" proposal.
According to Anderson, East Anchorage may bear the brunt of resizing because of how it was built — densely, with many houses and schools in close proximity to one another. Gustafson added that, for Title 1 schools, funding is allocated on a per-pupil basis, and that combining Title 1 schools could beef up money for programming to make a greater impact on students.School board member Pat Higgins asked: What research exists that shows the impact of rightsizing.
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