Herper Kushner
56:00 - 56:28
"I wanted to come in tonight and give some comment about some issues that are really facing our school, uh, and in my classroom. Um, so I'm here because I need you to understand what these budget cuts are actually looking like in my classroom and in our classroom."
“I wanted to come in tonight and give some comment about some issues that are really facing our school, uh, and in my classroom. Um, so I'm here because I need you to understand what these budget cuts are actually looking like in my classroom and in our classroom.”
- Speaker
- Herper Kushner
- Timestamp
- 56:00 – 56:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 1, 2026
From the transcript
Not tech savvy. Um, I am a teacher at Tyson Elementary, Title I school. I'm in the intensive behavior school-based behavior support program. Um, I wanted to come in tonight and give some comment about some issues that are really facing our school, uh, and in my classroom. Um, so I'm here because I need you to understand what these budget cuts are actually looking like in my classroom and in our classroom.
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