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The Mat-Su Valley saw slushy driving conditions after temperatures hovered above freezing...

Icy conditions prompts remote learning day for students in Mat-Su

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 6:34 PM AKST
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By Carly Schreck
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.

Education

Anchorage School Board passes plan to make up for snow days

Anchorage School Board passes plan to make up for snow days

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 8:51 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
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.

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The Mat-Su Borough School District School Board passed a policy that would limit transgender...

Most Mat-Su schools on remote learning due to icy roads

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:46 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
The district wrote in an online social post that all classes will be canceled in lieu of online learning, with the exception of Glacier View School.

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Mat-Su school bus drivers vote to authorize strike

Mat-Su school bus drivers vote to authorize strike

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 12:04 PM AKST
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By Carly Schreck
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.

Education

Anchorage School Board considers changing school start times

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 7:05 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
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.

Education

ASD to reinstate ‘kindy tags’ program after issues getting kids to correct bus stops

Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 10:39 PM AKST
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By Beth Verge
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.

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Anchorage school busing protocols under scrutiny after 6-year-old was left at wrong stop

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 11:11 PM AKST
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By Beth Verge
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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Anchorage School District has plan to make up snow days

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 4:46 PM AKST
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By Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District has a plan to make up snow days that includes adding 30 minutes to the school day.

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ASD recommends only axing one school in latest set of cost-cutting suggestions

Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 7:58 PM AKST
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By Elena Symmes
The Anchorage School District (ASD) outlined new and critical recommendations that it will ask the school board to approve Monday.

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Anchorage Schools plan to be open Tuesday

Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 8:26 PM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
The Anchorage School District says it is hoping to resume school tomorrow, and that it is a parents choice whether their child attends.
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Some families feel the strain from four snow days in a row

Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 6:58 PM AKST
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By Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District said it has never had four snow days in a row and some parents are starting to feel the strain.

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Anchorage School District budget deficit drops to $48M

Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 11:14 PM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
The Anchorage School Board is looking at tough decisions to deal with a $48M budget gap.

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Anchorage schools closed for 3rd straight day due to roads

Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 11:57 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
In a message to parents, the district said a decision on all after-school activities will be made by 12 p.m. Friday.

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Southcentral Alaska schools closed due to major snowfall

Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 10:14 AM AKST
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By Joey Klecka
Heavy snowfall around Southcentral Alaska has canceled classes and closed buildings in Anchorage and the Mat-Su.

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Somber ASD townhall for possible closure of Abbott Loop Elementary

Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:34 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
A group of students, parents, and teachers gathered on Monday night at Abbott Loop Elementary to hear about the possible closure of their school.

Education

Klatt Elementary students, staff fight for survival as ASD continues budget discussions

Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 8:58 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
It was the fourth of six scheduled town halls to allow the public a chance to voice their opinions on the Anchorage School District’s proposal to close six Anchorage elementary schools that would help close a $68 million budget deficit.

Education

Anchorage School Board says immersion programs will not be cut to save money

Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:33 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
However, the board said it doesn’t mean that it won’t have the potential to be looked at again in the future.

Education

Many speak out against potential school closures at Nunaka Valley Elementary

Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 10:36 AM AKST
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By Lex Yelverton
Monday’s town hall meeting at Nunaka Valley Elementary School saw a packed gym with an overwhelming majority of those attending opposed to closing the school.

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Low test scores plague Alaska schools

Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 6:45 PM AKST
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By Georgina Fernandez
According to the Department of Education and Early Development, many Alaska students are not meeting grade-level expectations.

Education

Emotions run high at first ASD town hall for possible school closures

Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 9:58 AM AKDT
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By Lex Yelverton
The gatherings are designed to give the public an opportunity to voice their opinions about different cuts the school district is considering. For some, it's enough to stir emotions.

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Anchorage schools cancel classes due to snow

Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:42 PM AKDT
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By Joey Klecka
The Anchorage School District canceled classes Thursday morning as well as all after-school activities. Alaska Pacific University also announced a campus closure.

Investigative

School closures, outsourcing sports, cuts to orchestra and band, immersion — ASD braces for dramatic cuts

Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 3:15 PM AKDT
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By Rebecca Palsha
Almost every program within the Anchorage School District, elective or position is being considered for cuts as the Anchorage School District struggles with its budget deficit.

Education

Anchorage School Board discusses more options to cut costs in district

Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 9:44 AM AKDT
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By Lex Yelverton
With a budget deficit of almost $68 million staring them in the face, officials with the Anchorage School District are still working to find ways to close the gap.

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University of Alaska announces contract agreement with faculty union

Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 1:07 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
The three-year contract includes $23 million in added compensation and benefits, according to the release.

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Palmer preschool and child care center to close Monday amid staff shortages

Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:45 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
With only a handful of childcare options available in Palmer, the closure of Profiles of Excellence creates an even larger need for providers in the small Mat-Su city.

Education

Shock, sadness expressed by parents, teachers at Anchorage schools facing closures

Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 9:49 AM AKDT
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By Lex Yelverton
For students, parents, teachers and other staff across the district, it comes with sadness as the harsh reality of the budget deficit comes under the spotlight.

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6 Anchorage schools could face closure next school year

Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
A list of Anchorage schools under consideration to be closed was released today by Anchorage School District Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt.

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UAA’s journalism department welcomes new certificate, television studio

Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 7:20 PM AKDT
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By Eric Sowl
A new graphic design program at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has brought changes to the Department of Journalism and Public Communications.

Education

Packed Anchorage School Board meeting unveils revisions to fiscal year budget

Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 7:46 AM AKDT
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By Lex Yelverton
Tuesday night's Anchorage School Board meeting centered on the district's budget and a large amount of one-time funding, leading to a room packed with people who wanted to voice their opinions.

Education

Mat-Su School Board to vote on new curriculum requirement for high school students

Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 7:16 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
As proposed, the resolution would require high school students in the Mat-Su to take two semesters of logic. The first semester would occur in 9th grade as an introductory course with the second semester in 11th grade that would focus on “Socratic” logic

Education

Mat-Su school board passes policy implementing daily moment of silence in classrooms

Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:42 AM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
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.

Education

Cuts and closures loom for Anchorage School District

Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:30 PM AKDT
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By Shannon Cole and Lex Yelverton
The Anchorage School District executive board met Tuesday to identify areas of potential savings within the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget.

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Mat-Su school board bans trans students from using bathroom of gender they identify with

Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:45 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey and Carly Schreck
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.

News

Still shorthanded, ASD releases update on bus driver staffing

Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 6:38 PM AKDT
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By Shannon Cole and Georgina Fernandez
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.

Education

Anchorage School District dealing with estimated $68M budget deficit

Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 11:53 AM AKDT
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By Lex Yelverton
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.

Education

Mat-Su school district shapes future teachers with new high school graduate program

Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 7:22 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
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.

News

ASD still down 64 school bus drivers despite recent applicants

Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 5:20 PM AKDT
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By Lauren Maxwell
The Anchorage School District is still looking for school bus drivers but says more people are applying for the job.

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Active-duty airmen to drive some Anchorage school buses

Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:44 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey and Taylor Burke
With the Anchorage School District suffering a shortage of bus drivers, active-duty airmen will now be called into action behind the wheel.

Education

Mat-Su School Board to vote on ‘moment of silence’ board policy at next meeting

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 6:36 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
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.

News

Anchorage schools superintendent forecasts rough days ahead, promises improvements to student busing

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 8:12 AM AKDT
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By Joey Klecka
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.”

News

Mat-Su area elementary school reopens after closing for staff illnesses

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 6:08 AM AKDT
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By Arielle Ingram-David and Joey Klecka
Iditarod Elementary School canceled classes Friday after numerous leadership, support, and instructional staff had to call out due to illness.

Education

Wasilla elementary school canceled Friday due to staffing shortages

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:42 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
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.

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Alaska National Guard prohibited by statute to assist with ASD bus driver shortage

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:43 PM AKDT
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By Georgina Fernandez
Late Friday afternoon, Alaska National Guard and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Director of Communications Alan Brown shared an update on the request.

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Iditarod Elementary closed Friday due to staffing shortage

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 7:48 AM AKDT
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By Joey Klecka
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District said the staffing shortage was not related to the current bus driver shortage the district is experiencing.

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‘In terms of the budget we’re in a dire situation’: Anchorage schools begin with a rocky start

Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:52 PM AKDT
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By Rebecca Palsha
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.

Back to School

More than 50 bus drivers will soon be driving for ASD

Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 3:36 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
More than 50 new bus drivers will soon be behind the wheel for the Anchorage School District.

Back to School

Mat-Su students are officially back in the classroom

Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:44 PM AKDT
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By Carly Schreck
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.

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Mat-Su schools to cancel some bus routes on rotating schedule

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:37 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
The Mat-Su Borough School District announced to parents that they will have rolling cancelations of bus routes ahead of the new school year.

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Houston High School site visit held nearly 4 years after quake

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:06 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
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.

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Anchorage School District unveils rotating bus schedule

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 4:36 PM AKDT
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By Tim Rockey
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.
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