Paul McDonough
62:44 - 63:42
"I think the president and the board did a really good job at articulating the large picture challenges. That right-sizing has faced and the ways that this committee is empowered to push through those challenges, especially the ways that we've defined the guiding principles and the scope of work to be much more focused on instructional opportunities, which is, I guess, our word for the superintendent saying levels of academic service. Where we're trying to predominate that right-sizing this year is going to be more studied with the basis of getting good services to kids, less than the savings of some budget result."
“I think the president and the board did a really good job at articulating the large picture challenges. That right-sizing has faced and the ways that this committee is empowered to push through those challenges, especially the ways that we've defined the guiding principles and the scope of work to be much more focused on instructional opportunities, which is, I guess, our word for the superintendent saying levels of academic service. Where we're trying to predominate that right-sizing this year is going to be more studied with the basis of getting good services to kids, less than the savings of some budget result.”
- Speaker
- Paul McDonough
- Timestamp
- 62:44 – 63:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
And so, like Member Bellamy said earlier, many questions about that communication, like mission, vision, scope, values— those are built into this. I think the president and the board did a really good job at articulating the large picture challenges. That right-sizing has faced and the ways that this committee is empowered to push through those challenges, especially the ways that we've defined the guiding principles and the scope of work to be much more focused on instructional opportunities, which is, I guess, our word for the superintendent saying levels of academic service. Where we're trying to predominate that right-sizing this year is going to be more studied with the basis of getting good services to kids, less than the savings of some budget result.
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