Quote Originally Posted by jenn_librarian View Post
Come to think of it, when our district ran out of space in the schools, and needed to build additions or totally renovate schools, many of our kindergarten classes were moved to local church basements and classroom areas for the entire school year.
Anchorage and the Mat Valley use Relocatable buildings as "temporary" solutions when schools get too full. I dont see a problem with using local resources like churches to help out but too many of AK resisdents would rather the state take care of the problem.

Do I agree with the collaboration between religious and ethnic and whatever else groups and our district? Not really, but then again, I'm not in charge and I don't make the rules. What does have to be taken into consideration is that when you have a large part of your district that is in poverty and student groups need places that are safe to meet, where can they go? Many schools are used in that way.
It used to be that way in Anchorage, now the city has raised taxes to build youth centers to fill the role the public schools used to. More taxes more, more needless infrastructer. I cant fathom the way the city and the ASD work anymore. The only public pools where at the high schools, they have been shutting them down to public access due to budget constraints; more money for addministrative costs, less to public access.


When I was in 6th grade it was 1982. We weren't that progressive here in PA at that time, lol. I think the girls got a sex talk in 8th grade, and that was about the extent of it. At least where I grew up (Poconos).
I was 8 in 1982, I have no idea what grade I was in at the time. Progresive to me is just another word for liberal, my coworker is a self proclaimed "progressive", he is farther left then both NObama and Hillary are.

Ill admit Alaskan politics are strange on the surface but it adds up if you look at it on certain levels but thats for a different thread.