The Anchorage School Board will vote Tuesday night on a plan to close a $90 million budget gap, which could include cutting hundreds of staff, shutting down schools and eliminating multiple sports programs.
Hundreds of community members have spoken out against the proposed cuts, many fearing that the programs their children rely on could disappear. Among them is David Sundberg, whose oldest son has always loved robotics. His neighborhood school focuses on STEM — science, technology, engineering and math.
“When he became of age and then had to go to school, we, you know, found out Campbell was a STEM school and was in the neighborhood, and we just were ecstatic,” Sundberg said. “And it’s still… his opinion hasn’t changed. It’s like, where he’s driven to.”…