Adrienne Michael
27:38 - 28:04
"this year classes in even our lowest grades will be double that if we do not add additional teaching positions."
“this year classes in even our lowest grades will be double that if we do not add additional teaching positions.”
- Speaker
- Adrienne Michael
- Timestamp
- 27:38 – 28:04
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 4, 2026
From the transcript
Hi, my name is Adrienne Michael, and I'm the mother to 3 elementary age ASD students. I want to voice my strong support for adding 45 full-time positions to this school year. Um, studies have shown time and time again that smaller class sizes produce better learning results. This board has set a policy declaring that an effective class size for younger grades is 15 students to 1 teacher. However, this year classes in even our lowest grades will be double that if we do not add additional teaching positions.
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