Hello everyone, please join me for a meeting on January 26th at 7pm at the Starbucks Coffee shop on Dimond between the New Seward and the Old Seward Highway. Peter Ljubicich the head of the ASD gifted program will be joining us. This meeting is important as there are projected budget cuts amounting to almost twenty million dollars affecting all ASD programs. The gifted programs which include the ignite program have 98% of their funding directed towards personnel which means any cuts to the program affect quickly how many teachers are available for the program. I am no expert in budget issues. There will be opportunity for public hearing regarding the proposed budget cuts early in February. It is important for us to come up with a strategy and voice our concerns efficiently. Please join us and be active in this aspect of gifted programming for the ASD.
