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- Anchorage School District officials say larger class sizes strain learning.
- Average classrooms now hold four more students than the previous year.
- The district cut about 300 teaching positions through layoffs, retirements and a hiring freeze.
- Administrator Kersten Johnson-Struempler said 87% of the budget goes to personnel costs.
- Kindergarten teacher Kjerstin Thomas now teaches 25 five-year-olds, her largest class yet.