Anchorage School District looks to fill budget gap

The Anchorage School District is looking at a budget deficit next year. Superintendent Deena Paramo said it’s likely to be about $15,000,000 — and that’s if the legislature doesn’t make more cuts to education.
Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed budget, which came out earlier this week, calls for keeping the student funding formula, known as the BSA, the same. But Paramo said the district has costs it can’t control that go up from year to year. This year, she said, th