
Kelly Lessens
105:31 - 106:26
"finally, it invests $625,000 for the SAWAS My Perspectives Grades 6-10 Curriculum Pilot Materials."
“finally, it invests $625,000 for the SAWAS My Perspectives Grades 6-10 Curriculum Pilot Materials.”
The second to last bullet point is just a remainder, and I suggest allocating the $833 to student supplies. There's another suggestion, I'm happy to take it, but we keep reducing student supplies by 10-15% every year, so let's buy some more sticky notes and paper and I don't know what else. And then finally, it invests $625,000 for the SAWAS My Perspectives Grades 6-10 Curriculum Pilot Materials. And here I want to be very clear that the next section— and, um, if you go through your paper, uh, the next section really leans on the, um, information that was shared with the board on June 12, 2026. It's essentially a copy-paste with some corresponding edits just to make it read better about the background of the ELA curriculum.
The Anchorage School Board voted 3-4 Tuesday to reject a budget amendment that would have redirected $2.78 million toward restoring Campbell STEM Elementary, but the debate exposed unresolved legal questions about the school's closure status and board members questioning the district's savings assumptions.
