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Juneau School District plans to close all schools if any campus is impacted by flooding
With school set to begin on Thursday, the Juneau School District announced Monday that it plans to close all schools this week if any campuses are impacted by glacial outburst flooding. The glacial lake that releases water annually is full. That means the Mendenhall River could flood at any time...
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All JSD schools closed Thursday, August 14
The Juneau School District will cancel school for Thursday, August 14, at all JSD locations. At this time, the National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect for the Mendenhall River until Thursday, August 14, at 8:00 a.m. This includes three JSD schools in the area. Delaying the start of school by one day will also allow Unified Command staff and safety crews to assess damage in the Valley area.
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Summer school program prepares incoming Juneau middle schoolers
Students used hammers to stamp different shapes into pieces of leather in the last moments of a maker space class at Thunder Mountain Middle School. Shortly afterward, another class filed in and got to work. Student Nia Paw learned how to dye a leather wallet from her classmates. She put on latex gloves and poured out thick, dark dye to make the wallet brown.
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Registration for now privately-owned RALLY after-school program off to a rocky start
Registration for after-school child care in the Juneau School District opened last Friday, but the information the district provided to families did not line up with the actual application process. The district will cease to operate the Relationships and Leadership Learning for Youth program, known as RALLY. It will be operated by Auke Lake Preschool beginning in September.
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Special session: Lawmakers override governor’s education funding line-item veto
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Just before schools open their doors across the state, lawmakers assembled in Juneau Saturday and overrode the governor’s line-item veto of about $51 million in education funding. In a vote 45 to 14, majority members gathered enough members of the minority to cross the divide...
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HUGSS Back-to-School Jam aims to provide 5,000 ASD students with free school supplies
CONTENT WARNING: A 49-year-old Juneau man who was put into handcuffs by police during an arrest for a separate incident was shown in video being thrown to the ground by a police officer and medevacked to an Anchorage hospital. The officer has been placed on administrative leave by the Juneau Police Department.
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Ruffridge Discusses Education, Budget Battles, And Bipartisan Wins At Chamber Luncheon
Just days before returning to Juneau for a special legislative session, Representative Justin Ruffridge (R-Soldotna) addressed a joint luncheon of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce on Wednesday, offering a candid recap of the year’s legislative session, a look ahead to upcoming override votes, and reflections on his role in a divided Alaska House.
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Juneau child care provider faces obstacles in opening new location, leaving monthslong gap in service
A Juneau child care center is set to open in a new location nearly a year after being displaced by flooding. But challenges in finding and preparing the site have left families with few options to fill a monthslong gap in child care. Glacier Valley Kids, one of about 20...
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Juneau School District, teachers’ union turn to mediation after negotiations stall
Contract negotiations between the Juneau School District and the Juneau Education Association stalled Thursday when both sides declared an impasse. This comes as the district and the teacher’s union enter their sixth month of negotiations. In a joint press release, the district and union cited state education funding uncertainty...
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Special session: Lawmakers override governor’s education funding line-item veto
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Just before schools open their doors across the state, lawmakers assembled in Juneau Saturday and overrode the governor’s line-item veto of about $51 million in education funding. In a vote 45 to 14, majority members gathered enough members of the minority to cross the divide...
J.R. Sutton
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SHI lecture to examine history, legacy of Alaska boarding schools
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a presentation Monday as part of its spring lecture series featuring prominent voices in Native knowledge, history, art, culture and language. Emma Eden and Julia Samuel, students at South Anchorage High School, will present their talk, “The Boarding School Era in Alaska,” on July...
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Juneau school board maintains high school counselor position with grant funding
The Juneau School District Board of Education accepted a $145,000 grant from a Juneau philanthropic foundation Monday. The money from the Juneau Community Foundation will maintain a counselor position at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé for another year and go toward professional development for counselors. The grant money is...
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Juneau School Board pays off debt with extra state money as funding uncertainties persist
A windfall of state education money means the Juneau School District Board of Education can pay off debt and hire new positions. But looming funding uncertainties on a state and federal level could mean future cuts. The board had $994,688 extra to work with after legislators boosted state education funding,...
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Juneau School District will end its after school program, plans to replace with private provider
The Juneau School District announced it is ending the RALLY program Tuesday. The after-school child care program serves more than 100 Juneau children during the summer. It will end Aug. 8. Kristy Germain is the district’s director of operations and oversees the program. She said the district could not reliably...
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Juneau school board remains undecided on continuing free breakfast program
The fate of Juneau School District’s universal free breakfast program remains uncertain after the Board of Education delayed a decision Thursday. The board will instead consider it against a list of staff positions and programs it may add to the budget following a higher increase to state education funding than anticipated.