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Guidance provided to school districts on public school funding and private school uses

Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 9:39 PM AKDT
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By Taylor Burke
The state attorney general’s office is now providing legal guidance to school districts about the use of public funding for private schools.

Education

Anchorage School District prepares for next moves after failed school bond

Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 10:06 AM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School District is looking into other solutions after a $111 million bond for the capital improvements to the district failed.

Education

Alaska Native charter school to hold fundraiser to construct new building

Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 12:09 PM AKDT
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By Connor Matteson
Later this week, a fundraiser to help raise money for the construction of a new building for the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School is taking place.

Education

New boutique helps King Tech High School students ‘dress for success’

Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 5:19 PM AKDT
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By Lauren Maxwell
King Tech High School has opened a student run boutique featuring professional clothes for female students.

Education

Mat-Su Borough principal recognized for leadership

Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 6:41 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
The Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals recently announced Colony Middle School's Mary Fulp as the Alaska Principal of the Year for 2022, citing her statewide leadership and her advocation of students, education, as well as other principals.

Education

Anchorage School District sees student attendance dip

Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 1:36 PM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
During an Anchorage School Board meeting, the Anchorage School District said its students' attendance dropped this school year.

Education

Jharrett Bryantt, Texas school district executive, chosen as next Anchorage schools superintendent

Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 1:49 PM AKDT
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By Joey Klecka and Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District announced Jharrett Bryantt, an executive at a Houston, Texas school district, the next Anchorage superintendent.

Education

Anchorage School District provides updated guidance for cultural regalia at graduation ceremonies

Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 9:29 PM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
An updated administrative regulation from the Anchorage School District will more broadly allow students to wear cultural and traditional regalia during graduation.

Education

Paying for college is top of mind as Alaska high school seniors prepare for graduation

Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 7:40 PM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
With spring high school graduation season around the corner, paying for college is top of mind for many Alaskan families.

Education

University of Alaska Anchorage to hold ‘reunion commencement’ for pandemic graduates

Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 9:19 PM AKDT
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By Taylor Burke
Throughout the pandemic, many college students never got to walk during graduation ceremonies. The University of Alaska Anchorage is going to give students a chance to re-capture that missed experience.
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Education

Anchorage School District holds virtual town hall meeting ahead of superintendent selection

Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 8:51 PM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School District is expected to make a hire for the superintendent position within the next 10 days, according to Tuesday's virtual town hall meeting.

Education

Anchorage School District has 3 finalists for superintendent

Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 9:39 PM AKDT
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By Megan Pacer
The Anchorage School District has three finalists to fill the district’s top job, after Superintendent Deena Bishop announced she will retire at the end of this school year.

Education

Anchorage School District puts focus on teaching students financial literacy in the classroom

Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 9:25 PM AKDT
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School District is updating its economics curriculum to better prepare students in financial literacy before graduation.

Education

State of marijuana: How do you talk to children about marijuana in a state where it’s legal?

Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 7:55 PM AKST
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By Rebecca Palsha
As legal marijuana becomes more mainstream, the conversations about how to talk to children about pot have been evolving in Alaska. Experts say parents should be upfront with their children about the impacts of marijuana — especially on young, still developing brains.

Education

New student community workforce requirement for ASD construction projects passed by school board, opposed by district

Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM AKST
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By Patrick Enslow
A new policy passed by the Anchorage School Board will make student community workforce agreements a requirement for Anchorage School District construction projects that cost over $1 million.

Education

Pitney highlights top programs, finances during State of the University address

Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 2:23 PM AKST
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By Tim Rockey
Recently-named University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her State of the University address to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.

Education

Kenai Central High School working to build permanent restrooms at its stadium

Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM AKST
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By Dave Leval
Kenai Central High School is working to raise funds to build permanent restrooms at its Ed Hollier Field facility.

News

Alaska school officials apologize for behaviors at basketball game

Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 4:35 PM AKST
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By The Associated Press
Officials from a southeast Alaska school district say a pep club’s “country” theme for a basketball game against a school from Alaska’s only Indian reserve had a negative effect that was predictable and should have been prevented.

Education

Pitney drops interim title, named UA president by Board of Regents

Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 3:32 PM AKST
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By Tim Rockey
Pat Pitney has been named the president of the University of Alaska, dropping interim from her title. Pitney has served as the interim president since August 2020.

Education

Anchorage School Board approves funding for school officers program, splitting cost with municipality

Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 4:49 PM AKST
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By Steve Kirch
The Anchorage School Board said that the Anchorage School District will be paying for part of its School Resource Officer program for the first time in several years. The funding was included in the district's fiscal year 2023 budget which the board passed this week.

Education

Anchorage School Board passes fiscal year 2023 preliminary budget

Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 9:24 AM AKST
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School Board passed a preliminary budget for the 2023 fiscal year during it's meeting on Tuesday night.

News

Anchorage, Mat-Su schools closed Tuesday; Some Peninsula schools delayed

Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 5:28 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
All Anchorage schools and all but one Mat-Su school is closed Tuesday, and several schools on the Kenai Peninsula will operate on a delayed, two-hour start Tuesday.

Coronavirus

Anchorage School District to make masking optional in late February

Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop announced that the school district will transition away from requiring masking, making it optional for students and staff later this month.

Morning Edition

Mears Middle School crowns a new spelling bee winner

Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 10:23 AM AKST
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By Ariane Aramburo
Mears Middle School crowned Linwood Stowe as its newest spelling bee champion Thursday.

News

All Mat-Su schools closed Friday, hundreds without power

Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 7:02 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
All schools in the Matanuska-Susitna School District are closed Friday due to slick and messy road conditions, according to district officials.

State

Anchorage judge sides with the state in college scholarship fund dispute

Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 3:50 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
An Anchorage Superior Court judge has sided with the state in a lawsuit brought by four college students who argued it was unconstitutional to drain the state’s scholarship fund.

News

Almost all Mat-Su schools closed Thursday due to road conditions

Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 6:33 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
All schools except one in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District will be closed Thursday, due to continued icy roads after another winter storm swept through the area this week.

News

School closures, delays in effect due to heavy snow, icy roads

Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 7:59 AM AKST
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By Aaron Morrison and Joey Klecka
Icy roads and accumulating snowfall have closed many schools around Southcentral Wednesday, while forcing a delayed start for others.

News

After-school activities canceled Tuesday in Anchorage due to road conditions

Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 12:53 PM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
The Anchorage School District announced Tuesday that all after-school activities have been canceled due to hazardous road conditions.

Education

Inlet View Elementary replacement, 2023 budget discussed at Anchorage School Board meeting

Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 10:09 PM AKST
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School Board discussed the 2023 budget and the replacement for Inlet View Elementary during a meeting on Tuesday.

Education

Fairbanks School Board approves closing of two elementary schools

Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 7:33 PM AKST
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By Alex Bengel
At the February 1st regular meeting, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board passed a motion that will bring changes to the district starting with the 2022-2023 school year.

Education

Anchorage School District presents board with preliminary budget for upcoming year

Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 10:25 AM AKST
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School District presented the Anchorage School Board with a preliminary budget for the 2023 school year.

Education

Mat-Su schools drop masks to ‘strongly urged’ for schools at medium risk

Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:00 PM AKST
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By Tim Rockey and Carly Schreck
In a letter to Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District parents, Superintendent Dr. Randy Trani said that masks would no longer be required in schools that are in a yellow, medium risk operational zone.

Education

Anchorage School District, teachers agree to tentative contract

Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 9:29 PM AKST
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By Tim Rockey
The Anchorage School District and Anchorage Education Association have tentatively agreed to three-year contract, pending approval by the teachers union and school board.

News

Most Mat-Su schools closed Tuesday

Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 6:48 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
Glacier View School remains the lone building open Tuesday. All other schools will close for the day and resort to remote learning online.

Education

Most Kenai Peninsula schools will have delayed start Tuesday

Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 5:53 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
Due to hazardous weather and road conditions, most schools in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will start with a two-hour delay on Tuesday.

News

Four Mat-Su schools move to remote learning Monday

Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 9:33 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District announced four school closures Monday morning due to icy road conditions.

Education

Anchorage School District takes community input for new superintendent

Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 9:16 PM AKST
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By Connor Matteson
The Anchorage School District wants to make sure all communities and voices are heard as they put a profile together for the new superintendent.

Education

An entire school is surprised with new winter gear at Mountain View Elementary

Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 4:51 PM AKST
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By Lauren Maxwell
Students at Mountain View Elementary got coats, hats and gloves after a substitute teacher started a GoFundMe campaign to get them winter gear.

Education

Anchorage School District extends mask requirement for staff, students

Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 5:40 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer and Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District has extended its requirement that masks be worn by staff and students, as the omicron variant continues to spread and is causing COVID-19 cases within the district to rise.

Weather

Juneau schools closed for a third day, 2 building roofs collapse under weight of heavy snow

Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 8:49 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
Schools in Juneau were closed for the third day in a row and the roofs of two commercial buildings in Alaska’s capitol collapsed Tuesday under the weight of continued heavy snow that’s falling on the region.

Education

Schools closed in Juneau on Monday

Updated: Jan. 9, 2022 at 9:05 PM AKST
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By Tracy Sinclare
Juneau schools will be closed on Monday due to hazardous weather.

Education

All Mat-Su schools will open on Monday following violent windstorm

Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 9:08 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
All schools in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District will be open again on Monday, following several days of closures due to a dayslong windstorm that wreaked havoc on the area beginning over the New Year’s Day weekend.

Coronavirus

Anchorage School District shortens isolation time for COVID-19 in response to updated CDC guidance

Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer
In response to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Anchorage School District has reduced its own requirement for isolation following a positive COVID-19 case for students and staff.

Education

ASD continues in-person learning, could close school if staffing levels drop

Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 4:22 PM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
The Anchorage School District may suspend classes for an undetermined amount of time this spring if staffing levels fall below manageable levels, according to a letter sent out to families Tuesday.

Coronavirus

Anchorage School Board extends mask requirement to at least Jan. 15

Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 11:19 PM AKST
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By Megan Pacer and Patrick Enslow
Members of the Anchorage School Board voted on Monday night to reverse Superintendent Deena Bishop’s move to make masking optional in Anchorage schools, and keep the current mask policy in place until at least Jan. 15.

Education

Contract negotiations between school district and teachers union remain work in progress after federal mediation

Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 5:29 PM AKST
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By Patrick Enslow
The Anchorage School District and Anchorage educators were unable to reach a contract agreement on Wednesday during federal mediation.

Coronavirus

Anchorage School District will make masks optional when students return from winter break

Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 4:05 PM AKST
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By Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District will make masks optional for students and staff after winter break.

Education

More delays for Kenai Peninsula Schools

Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 8:11 AM AKST
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By Alaska's News Source Staff
Continued winter weather and hazardous road conditions have prompted another round of delayed starts for some schools on the southern and eastern Kenai Peninsula.

Education

UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell reflects on his first semester

Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 10:16 PM AKST
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By Georgina Fernandez
UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell says his goal since day one has been student success.
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