Education

The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over classroom management curriculum being used at Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting.

In an interview, Angel Jack said she feels it’s important to share both the pain that has come from the tragedy and the healing that has happened since.

The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its students over the next five years. It’s looking into a pilot program to restructure elementary schools to mitigate its effects.

Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants, and build community.

This year, every school in the district is fully staffed with teachers. KIBSD acting superintendent Damon Hargraves says he can’t remember this happening in the last fifteen years.

Biochemist Jason Kuhn and his team are using eDNA to see if they can detect blooms before they make shellfish toxic.