Board Policy 6117 states that principals would require homeroom or first-period teachers in all grades district-wide to set aside at least one minute, but no more than two minutes, of silence at the start of each school day.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District School Board voted to suspend a policy that previously allowed transgender students to use the gendered bathroom which corresponds with their own gender identification.
School bus services strained by a lack of drivers are “on track to be fully staffed” later this fall, according to a letter sent to parents from Anchorage School District.
In a Wednesday letter to parents of ASD students, the superintendent said the estimated deficit for the fiscal year 2024 is sitting at $68 million, with surveys soon available to parents of families asking their input.
The MSBSD Teacher Scholarship Loan with Chadron State College program - informally called “Grow Our Own” - enrolls recently graduated high school students into an online college, as well as places them with part-time jobs in Mat-Su schools.
The policy goes on to state that principals would require homeroom or first-period teachers in all grades district-wide to set aside at least one minute, but no more than two minutes of silence. During this time, students are not allowed to interfere with other students’ participation, and teachers are not allowed to suggest how a student chooses to utilize that time.
Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt told families in a letter Sunday that there are seven new bus drivers currently on the roads, with “more than 50 in the hiring/training process to do the same.”
It’s still unclear whether the elementary school will reopen on Monday following Friday’s cancellation, but the district expects to make that decision by Sunday.
Late Friday afternoon, Alaska National Guard and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Director of Communications Alan Brown shared an update on the request.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District said the staffing shortage was not related to the current bus driver shortage the district is experiencing.
Wednesday morning, Bryantt was interviewed about his goals for this upcoming year, which will be his first as the head of the district. Already, Bryantt has concerns about the budget and teacher retention. His priority for right now, he says, is fixing the bus driver shortage.
According to district spokesperson Jillian Morrissey, the district is short about 20-30 drivers. Each school essentially has a designated “no bus” day during the week until those positions can be filled, relying on parents to provide their own student transportation.
Nearly four years after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska, community and Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District leaders visited the new Houston High School building on Thursday.
The Anchorage School District is moving to a rotating schedule for student transportation on buses, and hoping that an aggressive recruitment strategy can help attract enough drivers.
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.
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.
An updated administrative regulation from the Anchorage School District will more broadly allow students to wear cultural and traditional regalia during graduation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Recently-named University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her State of the University address to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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