Jharrett Bryantt
127:10 - 127:57
"There is a case to be made that the more we invest towards stabilizing our staff, the less disruption that our educators will face, but also, um, the, the more anxious our parents will get if they feel that they're facing class size increases on top of the class size increases that have already happened."
“There is a case to be made that the more we invest towards stabilizing our staff, the less disruption that our educators will face, but also, um, the, the more anxious our parents will get if they feel that they're facing class size increases on top of the class size increases that have already happened.”
- Speaker
- Jharrett Bryantt
- Timestamp
- 127:10 – 127:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 1, 2026
From the transcript
And then on the flip side, um, we could choose to even invest more conservatively towards our future. Right now, more than half of that waterfall funding is being reinvested into '27, but what the board's going to have to finalize is, is that the right combination? Should we perhaps even invest more towards the future so that we can stabilize as many of our current employees as possible? There is a case to be made that the more we invest towards stabilizing our staff, the less disruption that our educators will face, but also, um, the, the more anxious our parents will get if they feel that they're facing class size increases on top of the class size increases that have already happened. And that's exactly what's going to happen if we go into FY28 with a deficit much higher than what it's currently already projected to be.
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