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Rachel Blakeslee
36:33 - 37:00
“Thank you for this presentation. It is super disheartening and depressing, um, that we're talking about a lack of funding to feed kids”
- Speaker
- Rachel Blakeslee
- Timestamp
- 36:33 – 37:00
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
We'll start with Member Blixley. Thank you for this presentation. It is super disheartening and depressing, um, that we're talking about a lack of funding to feed kids, um, because I think we could probably all agree it is super important. And I've seen that in real time, how important it is for kids to be fed to succeed in life and in the classroom. So quick questions.
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