About 200 kids and teenagers in Juneau are homeless. There are students without adequate or regular housing in every school in the district.
Juneau Schools
How Juneau students stack up in new state assessment
About 40 percent of Juneau students that were tested meet the standards, while roughly 60 percent partially meet the standards. That’s better than how the state did as a whole.
Tlingit language and culture program begins Saturday at youth center
The program is free, but limited to 15 participants age 8 and older. It’s geared toward families, and elementary and middle school students.
Juneau School Board ratifies new teachers’ contract
Juneau teachers are getting a 2 percent salary increase. The estimated fiscal impact of the contract for this budget year is about $650,000.
Juneau educator named 2016 Alaska Teacher of the Year
Juneau teacher Amy Jo Meiners has been named 2016 Alaska Teacher of the Year. Meiners works with gifted and talented students as an extended learning teacher at Auke Bay and Riverbend elementary schools.
Video: Harborview Elementary’s Halloween dance show
Harborview Elementary School had an all-school Halloween dance performance on Friday.
Juneau teachers approve tentative contract with school district
“I think our relationship with this administration is a lot more solid,” said Juneau Education Association President Dirk Miller.
Summit STEM charter school proposal fails
New School Board members Josh Keaton and Emil Mackey were the only yes votes on the proposed STEM school.
Teachers’ union, school district reach tentative contract agreement
It includes a 2 percent pay increase, though the district won’t say what the budget impact would be.
Juneau teachers, district close to reaching ‘tentative agreement’
The Juneau teachers’ union and the school district did not reach an agreement Wednesday after a full-day meeting. The teachers’ last contract expired June 30.