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Community pushes back on Anchorage rightsizing plan; Campbell STEM, Fire Lake and O'Malley draw sustained opposition
Summary
Parents, teachers and program advocates told the school board that proposals to close or repurpose neighborhood schools, reassign immersion students and combine fine‑arts and specialist roles would harm specialized programs, increase inequities and risk enrollment declines.
Community speakers packed the public comment period of an Anchorage School Board meeting to push back on the district's "rightsizing" proposals, which include school closures or repurposing, removing neighborhood students from select immersion schools, changes to specialists and a proposed reduction in some special education positions.
Campbell STEM drew repeated attention: teachers, parents and volunteers said the school is the only nationally certified STEM elementary in the district and cited recent voter‑approved bonds and planned maintenance as reasons to keep it open. "Campbell STEM is our community," said Cameron Hoyer, a longtime teacher, adding that the school provides…
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