30:14 - 31:01
"this change was spurred because we, we have changed so much of the elementary specialist model by taking 27.5 art and music teachers away, and then that opened up this sort of cascade in addition to the PTR, which drove another about 20 reductions of specials that would be going to health and PE. Um, so I'm essentially acknowledging, is it correct to say this is spurred because the resources taken away, about $4 million from elementary specials, has caused the need to reorganize?"
“this change was spurred because we, we have changed so much of the elementary specialist model by taking 27.5 art and music teachers away, and then that opened up this sort of cascade in addition to the PTR, which drove another about 20 reductions of specials that would be going to health and PE. Um, so I'm essentially acknowledging, is it correct to say this is spurred because the resources taken away, about $4 million from elementary specials, has caused the need to reorganize?”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 30:14 – 31:01
- Transcript
- 5/19/2026: School Board Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- May 20, 2026
From the transcript
I'll do my best to prioritize the line of questioning. The first is just to catch me up as a new board member. Fundamentally, this change was spurred because we, we have changed so much of the elementary specialist model by taking 27.5 art and music teachers away, and then that opened up this sort of cascade in addition to the PTR, which drove another about 20 reductions of specials that would be going to health and PE. Um, so I'm essentially acknowledging, is it correct to say this is spurred because the resources taken away, about $4 million from elementary specials, has caused the need to reorganize?
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