Jared Griffin
70:37 - 71:10
"COVID money helped bridge those gaps for a few years, and as have federal grants for numerous years. COVID money is gone. Um, we voted in an executive branch in, in D.C. that eliminated those education— federal education grants that provided for a lot of the services our kids rely on."
“COVID money helped bridge those gaps for a few years, and as have federal grants for numerous years. COVID money is gone. Um, we voted in an executive branch in, in D.C. that eliminated those education— federal education grants that provided for a lot of the services our kids rely on.”
- Speaker
- Jared Griffin
- Timestamp
- 70:37 – 71:10
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak Island Borough
- Captured at
- May 21, 2026
From the transcript
So thanks for serving on that. But, um, I was reminded this week that the school district was already facing a lot of these budget decisions nearly a decade ago. COVID money helped bridge those gaps for a few years, and as have federal grants for numerous years. COVID money is gone. Um, we voted in an executive branch in, in D.C. that eliminated those education— federal education grants that provided for a lot of the services our kids rely on.
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