The Anchorage School District administration withdrew an initial proposal to cut art and health teachers as a way to help fix the district’s nearly $100 million budget deficit.
ASD superintendent withdrawals support for STEAM being a potential budget cutANCHORAGE, Alaska - , Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt announced he was no longer proposing creating the STEAM program, which would reduce the number of teachers by integrating art into other curricula like science, technology, engineering and math. The STEAM classes would also have been used to replace the IGNITE program.
“I do not believe you’re going to see a large push to undo what the administration is proposing but at the same time, that’s up to the board at our next meeting, which will be exclusively on voting for the budget,” Donley said.IGNITE still faces the potential of being cut “For many years, I’ve been suggesting reductions in administrative overhead targeted toward non-classroom expenses,” Donley said. “This is the first year the administration has come forward with some reductions in administrative costs and I think that’s a really good first step. I think there’s a lot more that can be done there to save some of these very valuable programs for our students.”
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