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Margo Bellamy

34:04 - 34:20

"that whole education piece around the benefit of closing and consolidating. It's not just about money."

“that whole education piece around the benefit of closing and consolidating. It's not just about money.”
Speaker
Margo Bellamy
Timestamp
34:04 – 34:20
Source
Anchorage School Board: 8/26 ASD School Board Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
August 26, 2026

From the transcript

Yep. I saw for a moment committee member Bellamy's hand was up in the Zoom. Do you still have a comment? It was, but Rachel covered it for me, that whole education piece around the benefit of closing and consolidating. It's not just about money.

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