Several changes to controversial school policies that have gained traction on a statewide and national level were passed Wednesday night at the Mat-Su School Board meeting.
With the academic year now in its rearview mirror, the district is already looking ahead to next fall to keep families updated on what changes they should expect for the 2023-24 school year.
The district has stayed largely silent on why Wardlaw was placed on administrative leave on April 12, only stating that ASD was conducting an investigation into “community concerns” surrounding the Service principal.
The proposed bylaw change would have prevented transgender girls from competing on cisgender girls’ sports teams, but a vote is being passed on for now.
Anchorage public middle and high schools could have later start times for students with earlier start times for elementary schools. There are pros and cons to this.
A protest was held against the recent bill proposed by Gov. Dunleavy that would require parental permission before their children can change their pronouns.
In a meeting on Thursday, the Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development adopted a resolution to urge the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports.
Amidst calls to raise the Base Student Allocation (BSA), Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday presented his latest effort to improve teacher recruitment and retention in Alaska, the Teacher Retention and Recruitment Incentive bill.
Governor Mike Dunleavy announced education-focused legislation on Tuesday that he hopes will find new solutions to problems facing Alaska’s public education system.
It’s been a hard time for some students, teachers, and families at Abbott Loop Elementary, as many are starting to have to say goodbye to a school that they cherish.
Speaker after speaker Sunday encouraged their legislators to address education funding and raise the Base Student Allocation, a minimal amount of money set aside for K-12 students.
Anchorage School District alerted the parents of the 268 students who attend Abbott Loop Elementary School where they will attend next year in an email sent Friday evening.
The district said repairs have taken longer than anticipated but they expect students to be back in class on Monday, although they will confirm that by Sunday night.
The school board says they invite parents and anyone in the community to bring items that they want to be addressed to the controversial issues committee.
According to the district’s senior director of student nutrition Marci McGill a shortage of cafeteria managers has essentially closed lunch rooms in a number of schools.
The union representing the drivers, Alaska Teamsters Union - Local 959, announced that all students in the district — a student population of over 18,000 — were dropped off Tuesday morning at their respective schools before the bus drivers went on strike.
Teachers in the district said transitioning from in-person learning is not ideal, but agree it’s better than alternative problems that stem from missing school completely, something that the Anchorage School District is currently facing.
In total, the adjustments will make up approximately five days of school for elementary and middle school students and four and a half days for high school students.
The announcement of a potential strike comes after a rocky start to the school year, as the district faced a long stretch of rolling route closures caused by a shortage of drivers.
The school board’s consideration of altering school schedules has nothing to do with making up school due to snow days earlier in the academic year, but rather is a new topic for this board.
The Anchorage School District plans to return to a practice typically reserved for the start of the school year after the second incident involving a young student and mistaken bus route in the span of about a week.
A youngster, who is an Anchorage School District student, was mistakenly left at the wrong bus stop after being found still on the bus at the end of a driver's usual route.
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