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Teachers, staff and the public press Anchorage board on vacancies, resignations and large class sizes
Summary
Public commenters and board members told the Anchorage School Board Tuesday that teacher vacancies, resignations and large class sizes are straining schools, citing specific counts including about 60 unfilled elementary posts and multiple classes with 30–40 students.
Multiple public speakers and board members used Tuesday’s meeting to highlight staffing shortages, large class sizes and teacher retention concerns and to urge policy and funding responses.
Corey Aist, identified in the meeting as a community member, told the board the district had "60 unfilled elementary teaching positions" as of that night and said last year was the fourth consecutive year in which "400 AEA educators resigned or retired from ASD." Aist said 61 of the district’s 301 first-year teachers hired in 2024–25 had already resigned and calculated that the district invested about $30,000 per new hire — "over $9,000,000 in total" — and that those 61 resignations represented roughly "$2,000,000" in lost investment.
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