2022-12 School District, Federal & State News
Alaska School District News
Anchorage – Now facing a $48 million deficit, Anchorage district and school board officials look at cuts and closures ahead – Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage – Anchorage School Board briefed on increasing classroom sizes as budget option – Channel 2 News
Anchorage – Worries brew about future of successful learning program at Eagle River school on closure list – Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage – Snow days pile on complications and uncertainties for Anchorage School District and families – Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage – Anchorage school officials consider remote learning as winter storms keep students home for 4 days – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage – After longest snow closure ever, Anchorage School District weighs how to make up lost time – Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Dail;y News
Anchorage – Anomaly’ winter storm closes Anchorage and Mat-Su schools, slows traffic – Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage – Full bus service returns for Anchorage School District – Lauren Maxwell, Alaska’s News Source
Anchorage – Anchorage School District investigating series of school break-ins – Lauren Maxwell, Alaska’s News Source
Anchorage – ASD offers drone classes for students – Lauren Maxwell, Alaska’s News Source
Fairbanks – School board talks budget committee priorities – Jack Barnwell, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Fairbanks – Teacher labor negotiations head to mediation – Jack Barnwell, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Juneau – Juneau teachers union declares impasse amid drawn-out negotiations – Clarise Larson, Juneau Empire
Ketchikan – School board members from Metlakatla and Ketchikan plan to meet to discuss racism at February basketball game – KRBD, Ketchikan
Ketchikan – Ketchikan’s school district faces increasing pressure from borough over health insurance program – Eric Stone, KRBD
Ketchikan – District, Boro talk insurance options: School District identifies differences of accounting in health insurance deficit – Sam Stockbridge, Ketchikan Daily News
Kodiak – Suspicious package found near North Star Elementary was false alarm, say local law enforcement – Brian Venua, KMXT Kodiak
Lower Kuskokwim – As Y-K Delta students recoup after remote school, vast majority still not proficient in English and math – Nina Kravinsky, KYUK
North Slope Borough – Construction of a temporary gym in Kaktovik is underway – Alena Naiden, Arctic Sounder
Petersburg – Petersburg High School Plans Suspension Alternatives for Kids Caught Vaping – Rachel Cassandra, KFSK
Petersburg – School board accepts draft audit – Chris Basinger, Petersburg Pilot
Sitka – After a year of heating problems, Sitka’s middle schoolers return to class in a warm building – Robert Woolsey, KCAW
Unalaska – Unalaska school district in search of new superintendent … again – Maggie Nelson, KUCB
Unalaska – Unalaskans hope new regional airline means better local air service – Maggie Nelson, KUCB
Wrangell – Wrangell students score higher than state average on assessment tests – Marc Lutz, Wrangell Sentinel
State and Federal News
Alaska Reads Act: This childless champion of preschools planted the seeds for a new Alaska – Charles Wohlforth, Anchorage Daily News
9 Democrats and 8 Republicans form bipartisan majority in Alaska Senate – Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News
‘Stalemate’: Prepare to wait weeks, or even months, before a majority forms in Alaska House – Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal
USDA expands local foods in school meals through cooperative agreement with Alaska – KINY, Juneau
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden’s student debt-relief program – Nina Totenberg and Jess Zalph, NPR
With student loan relief tied up in court, Biden extends repayment pause into 2023 – Dustin Jones, NPR News
What’s stopping more Native Americans from graduating college? The cost, a landmark study finds – Nadra Nittle, The 19th
State Board of Education met in Anchorage – KINY, Juneau
UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant – Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media
Final regular-season high school esports rankings – USA Today