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Kristin Smith

19:56 - 20:29

"I think I've heard, and I imagine there will be comments coming tonight, but that ideally for the school district, it would be great if there was a very over to Whittier on a Thursday and coming back on a Sunday, and school groups could participate in weekend activities."

“I think I've heard, and I imagine there will be comments coming tonight, but that ideally for the school district, it would be great if there was a very over to Whittier on a Thursday and coming back on a Sunday, and school groups could participate in weekend activities.”
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Alaska News
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Cordova
Captured at
August 10, 2026

From the transcript

So I'm hearing 2 things. We are being asked to comment on kind of an approximate— I guess the word is schedule. What would the timing be? And I think I've heard, and I imagine there will be comments coming tonight, but that ideally for the school district, it would be great if there was a very over to Whittier on a Thursday and coming back on a Sunday, and school groups could participate in weekend activities. And I think that works for a lot of Cordovans too.

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