Katie Anastas, KTOO - Juneau
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Education Commissioner Deena Bishop says the state funded schools as usual and didn't disproportionately reduce districts' funding. -
The city has been looking for space to put all of its employees, who are currently split among five buildings. -
The plan puts seventh and eighth grades at Thunder Mountain High School and ninth through 12th grades at Juneau-Douglas High School. -
Alaska has the nation’s lowest percentage of high school seniors who’ve submitted the FAFSA so far. -
The plan will put seventh and eighth grades at Thunder Mountain High School and ninth through 12th grades at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. -
Rules attached to the funding prevented states from disproportionately reducing their funding to high-need districts. -
Right now, the Legislature appoints four of the board’s nine members. The executive order would allow the governor to appoint all nine. -
Juneau School District leaders are considering closing or reorganizing schools and cutting staff, as they face a nearly $8 million budget deficit. -
“The thing we need from the public is an awareness and an acceptance that nobody is coming out untouched,” one school board member said. “Nobody.” -
Canada-based Black Press Media didn’t answer questions about layoffs or whether its three Alaska papers would continue to publish long-term.
