DEED seeks Interior, Northwest parents for migrant education council

Alaska runs a program that helps children whose families move for seasonal work keep up in school. Now the state needs parents from Interior and Northwest Alaska to help guide that program.

The Department of Education and Early Development is looking for two parents to join the State Title I-C Parent Advisory Council by May 31. The council gives migrant families a direct say in how the state runs education services for their children.

Alaska's migrant education program serves kids whose parents follow fishing seasons along the coast or work other seasonal jobs that require moving between school districts. The program provides tutoring, school supplies, help with records transfers, and other support to keep students on track when their families have to move for work.

The nine-member parent council meets with state education officials to shape how those services are planned, delivered, and measured. Members serve three-year terms that run through June 2029.

DEED needs one parent from the Interior region and one from the Northwest region. Interior includes Alaska Gateway, Fairbanks, Galena, Mat-Su, Delta/Greely, Copper River, Nenana, and Yukon-Koyukuk school districts. Northwest covers Bering Strait, Nome, North Slope, and Northwest Arctic districts.

School districts can nominate more than one person from their region.

How to apply

Parents interested in serving, or districts wanting to nominate someone, should contact Felicia Wells, the state's migrant education director, at [email protected]. The deadline is May 31.

DEED called this a final reminder before nominations close.