Jim Anderson
14:19 - 14:54
"There is, there is a money piece on the first year or two, that's true. By year 5, it's really probably not about the money at all."
“There is, there is a money piece on the first year or two, that's true. By year 5, it's really probably not about the money at all.”
- Speaker
- Jim Anderson
- Timestamp
- 14:19 – 14:54
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
We even tracked those students identified by student ID into the next year, and what Chris Opitz found during the standardized testing and the other student outcomes was that they did not decrease in their, their student outcomes. In fact, they increased in several areas. So the education levels of service really is something that you're looking for when you look at consolidating. There is, there is a money piece on the first year or two, that's true. By year 5, it's really probably not about the money at all.
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