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Governance committee forwards revised health-education policy to full board, citing budget-driven need for schedule flexibility
Summary
The governance committee voted to send proposed edits to Board Policy 5041 to the full Anchorage School District board to allow flexibility in how health education is delivered as the district shifts to a sixth-period day under tight budget and staffing constraints.
The Anchorage School District governance committee voted March 26 to forward proposed edits to Board Policy 5041 (health education) to the full board, a step administrators say is needed to allow schedule flexibility as the district moves to a sixth-period day and copes with recent staffing reductions.
Kirsten Johnson, deputy chief of schools, told the committee the administration’s goal with the redline edits was not to change “the heart of the policy and the intent of the policy, but to recognize our budget constraints” and make the document workable under the new schedule. Jose, senior director of middle schools, and Sean Prince, senior director of teaching and learning, explained the shift will affect students with…
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