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In Anchorage, crowded classrooms are straining kids and teachers
District officials say years of flat state funding and inflation eliminated hundreds of teaching positions, leaving classrooms with as many as 35 students.
Anchorage West High sophomore Mae Agnew Bemben has found her classes significantly larger this year. Her AP World History class has 35 students, making it hard to focus. This isn't unique to her; the Anchorage School District has an average…