The Anchorage School District announced earlier than normal this year that they will be laying off dozens of teachers next year. By doing so they have dropped a big crayon into the legislative discussion on the budget, which is not yet settled. This story by Alaska Public Media reported how the ASD will be dealing with the $16.7M budget reduction in State education funding.
The Anchorage School District plans to cut 57 currently-filled positions next year because of a $16.7 million funding cut from the state legislature.
Superintendent Ed Graff presented the cuts to the media Thursday afternoon. They include 37 classroom teachers, 12 literacy coaches, and all of the pilot programs focused on early learning and updating science teaching tools.
Graff says they didn’t want to eliminate anything. “But when you get to this point of $17 million that you have to cut on top of the reductions that we already had to address the prior years, there’s no way around it. It’s going to have an impact on everything we do.” Especially students.
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