Paul McDonogh
45:58 - 46:51
"I would find a really hard time funding and accepting— the word accepting— the curriculum during a special meeting in the summer. Lots of people have other commitments. Um, that definitely feels like predictable, foreseeable, regular business, and I would encourage my colleagues to consider with care the public process required for us to be able to affirm knowledge contained within a curriculum"
“I would find a really hard time funding and accepting— the word accepting— the curriculum during a special meeting in the summer. Lots of people have other commitments. Um, that definitely feels like predictable, foreseeable, regular business, and I would encourage my colleagues to consider with care the public process required for us to be able to affirm knowledge contained within a curriculum”
- Speaker
- Paul McDonogh
- Timestamp
- 45:58 – 46:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 7, 2026
From the transcript
If that is true, I would, I would have a lot of issues with the lack of public process. That is definitely not anybody's fault, but I would find a really hard time funding and accepting— the word accepting— the curriculum during a special meeting in the summer. Lots of people have other commitments. Um, that definitely feels like predictable, foreseeable, regular business, and I would encourage my colleagues to consider with care the public process required for us to be able to affirm knowledge contained within a curriculum and to really obtain the input and insight that's required to make that decision. So if it's just adding money to a budget line, I think there could be an argument made to skip public process.
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