Herper Kushner
56:29 - 56:59
"in our program we have 3 intensive classes, uh, our building subs have been cut and we are already struggling to get subs and parasubs into my SBBS classroom. So even when we do have a substitute, that does not help us at all because a lot of the subs come in and they are not trained and they're not able to work with the students that we serve."
“in our program we have 3 intensive classes, uh, our building subs have been cut and we are already struggling to get subs and parasubs into my SBBS classroom. So even when we do have a substitute, that does not help us at all because a lot of the subs come in and they are not trained and they're not able to work with the students that we serve.”
- Speaker
- Herper Kushner
- Timestamp
- 56:29 – 56:59
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 1, 2026
From the transcript
Um, not on paper, not during a walkthrough or a snapshot. Um, I encourage you guys to come in for one day. Day, not, not an hour, not a half hour, like one whole day in my classroom. Because in our program we have 3 intensive classes, uh, our building subs have been cut and we are already struggling to get subs and parasubs into my SBBS classroom. So even when we do have a substitute, that does not help us at all because a lot of the subs come in and they are not trained and they're not able to work with the students that we serve.
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