In 72 hours, the capital city went from having just one contested race and zero candidates for a pair of Juneau School Board seats, to having just a single uncontested race.
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Still no confirmed candidates for 2 Juneau School Board seats
Monday is the filing deadline for municipal election candidates to run in Juneau. If no one’s elected to the school board, the board will choose their new colleagues.
Juneau’s next charter school may the first of its kind in Alaska
A group of educators and parents in Juneau are advocating for a new elementary school focusing on science, technology, engineering and math.
Juneau voters won’t be asked to fund new school debt in October
Instead, the Assembly Finance Committee last week unanimously recommended partially funding the school district request with $800,000 in leftover sales tax revenue.
So far, only one newcomer in Juneau’s fall elections
Local voters could elect up to six new members to the Juneau Assembly and School Board this fall — if candidates step up.
Teachers’ field trip: Lessons from the Mendenhall Glacier
“There’s just nowhere else on earth like this,” says Allie Smith, a teacher at Juneau’s Auke Bay Elementary School.
Juneau school budget finalized, finally
The Juneau School District was finally able to put its budget to bed after the Alaska Legislature wrapped up last week.
Juneau high schools to graduate 312 students on Sunday
Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi’s is at 1 p.m. at Centennial Hall, Thunder Mountain’s is next at 4 p.m. in the gym and Juneau-Douglas’ graduation is at 7 p.m. in the the main gym.
Juneau Police: ‘heightened media coverage’ may encourage threatening calls to schools
The Juneau Police Department will no longer issue press releases about threatening phone calls to schools.
Juneau School Board approves revised $85.6 million budget
The district budget takes into account two possible scenarios since the school district is still waiting for the Alaska Legislature to approve the state’s budget.