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Kelly Lessens
39:20 - 40:02
"it's exceedingly helpful to hear that we can divide potentially this purchase into 1, 2, or even 3 budget cycles. That's actually more generous than I had anticipated. I had sort of asked about that question right after we received this memo and got an update um, earlier today on that, the $625,000 figure. And I think it informed the amendment that I drafted that I'll introduce at the meeting later this evening."
“it's exceedingly helpful to hear that we can divide potentially this purchase into 1, 2, or even 3 budget cycles. That's actually more generous than I had anticipated. I had sort of asked about that question right after we received this memo and got an update um, earlier today on that, the $625,000 figure. And I think it informed the amendment that I drafted that I'll introduce at the meeting later this evening.”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 39:20 – 40:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 7, 2026
From the transcript
It's really important that our students have curricular materials. I think it's exceedingly helpful to hear that we can divide potentially this purchase into 1, 2, or even 3 budget cycles. That's actually more generous than I had anticipated. I had sort of asked about that question right after we received this memo and got an update um, earlier today on that, the $625,000 figure. And I think it informed the amendment that I drafted that I'll introduce at the meeting later this evening.
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