In 30 years of coaching, George Houston led two Crimson Bear basketball teams to state championships.
Education
Accounting errors, declining enrollment helped fuel Juneau schools budget crisis
School leaders are bracing for tough decisions as they face a $9.5 million deficit.
Anchorage’s top education official sought a per-student funding increase. Then she became commissioner
Deena Bishop has been vocal in defending Dunleavy’s latest budget proposal, released Dec. 14, which notably did not include raising the Base Student Allocation, known as the BSA.
Juneau School District faces $9.5 million deficit
At an Assembly meeting Monday night, Mayor Beth Weldon said their options for helping with the deficit are limited.
Sealaska Heritage Institute releases new apps for learning endangered Indigenous languages
It’s SHI’s first attempt at putting X̱aad Kíl, the Haida language, and Shm’algyack, the Tsimshian language, in app form.
The Juneau School District’s administrative services director has resigned
The district is now seeking a contractor to help revise this year’s budget and develop next year’s.
Plan for Alaska’s first tribally operated public schools inches closer to completion
Five tribes are anticipated to be part of the five-year pilot program: Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Ketchikan Indian Community, King Island Native Community and the Knik Tribe.
Alaska’s education spending lags behind national average when costs are factored in, economists say
Anyone who’s spent time in Alaska knows that things just cost more here. Education is no exception.
Juneau elementary school evacuated after bomb threat phone call
District officials said students were briefly evacuated to the playground while police cleared the school. Classes were back to normal as of 1 p.m.
State says Juneau School District can keep last year’s additional city funding
The district can keep $2.3 million in “outside the cap” funding it got from the city, but an amendment to state law could prevent the practice in the future.