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Anchorage School Board to vote Tuesday on Clare Fulp as interim superintendent
The Anchorage School Board will vote at 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 17, on appointing Clare Fulp interim superintendent of the Anchorage School District, according to the meeting agenda. The board will also consider an agreement with Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, known as HYA, to lead the search for a permanent superintendent.
The appointment decides who will lead the district after Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt leaves to begin a new position Feb. 1, 2027, according to the board's Oct. 20 meeting recap. Fulp's contract would start Dec. 1. The interim superintendent is expected to serve until June 30, 2027, or until the board hires a permanent replacement, Board President Carl Jacobs said in an October update on the transition.
The board opened an internal-only search in October after Bryantt accepted a job in Virginia. It accepted applications only from district employees, from Oct. 16 through Oct. 30.
Fulp, the district's senior director of elementary education, began teaching at Muldoon Elementary School in 2007. She has led neighborhood and choice schools, as well as Title I schools, which get extra federal aid because many of their students come from low-income families, according to a leadership update from Jacobs and Vice President Kelly Lessens. The update describes her as a third-generation Alaskan whose daughter attends a district school. Her doctoral research at Creighton University examined Alaska Native and African American parent perspectives on the educational achievement gap. She recently completed her superintendent credentials, including a yearlong internship with Bryantt focused on district-level leadership.
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Hearing Request Deadline for Two Bull Ridge Mine Permit S-0603 Renewal
State renews Usibelli's Healy coal permit, raises cleanup bond to $7.7 million
Two Bull Ridge's coal pits near Healy are nearly done. The state renewed the permit for five years and bumped the cleanup bond 42%, to $7.7 million.
Exam Application: Board of Big Game Commerical Services – Registered Guide-Outfitter Written Exam
Alaska sets March exams for big game guide-outfitters, with applications due Nov. 16
Want to run big game hunts in Alaska? Apply by Nov. 16 for the March exams, and bring eight client references and a video of yourself caping an animal.
Public Comment Deadline for Anchorage Assembly Meeting
Anchorage Assembly to weigh mandatory penalties for public intoxication and petitions for candidates
Anchorage's Assembly takes up mandatory penalties for repeat public intoxication, signatures to run for office and a mixed-use condo tax break Nov. 17.
Phone Testimony Sign-Up Deadline for Ordinance AO 2026-137 Hearing
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Girdwood's street crews have parked their gear on the same lot for nearly two decades. The Assembly takes testimony Tuesday on handing them control of it.
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Yesterday
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About Anchorage
Anchorage (Dgheyay Kaq') is the largest city in Alaska, set in Southcentral Alaska between the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet. The Municipality of Anchorage takes in neighborhoods and communities from downtown, Midtown and Spenard to Eagle River and Girdwood.
The Anchorage Assembly passes ordinances, approves municipal contracts and reviews liquor license renewals, and the mayor appoints members of city boards and commissions. Local questions return to housing density and building in earthquake hazard zones, police funding and surveillance rules, parks and public facilities, and the condition and staffing of its schools.
Anchorage holds the Port of Alaska and sits beside Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, so military needs such as helicopter landing sites come before city government. It shares Southcentral Alaska with the Mat-Su Valley, the Kenai Peninsula and the other communities around Cook Inlet.
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Wednesday, Nov 11
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