Carl Jacobs

Mat-Su resolution would ask school board to start classes after Labor Day

“the community has made it clear that they want at least 6 months, ideally a year in advance”

Anchorage schools model a $9 million budget gap for fiscal 2028

Anchorage officials fail to agree on shared school-closure committee

Anchorage School Board keeps control of closed-school planning after lawyer advises against Assembly task force

Anchorage School Board spends $3 million on classrooms, deepening next year's deficit

“I don't have an appetite at this point for increasing the size of our FY28 deficit when we don't know what we're going to cut”

Anchorage teachers say losing building subs cost them prep time and safety

Spend $3 million on students now, or save it for next year's hole

Anchorage school district proposes splitting $32 million in one-time state money

Anchorage band teacher tells school board he now teaches 330 students a day

Anchorage's school board says closures won't fix the budget; residents aren't so sure

Anchorage will ship contaminated concrete to Oregon after the state tightened disposal rules, adding $850,000

The Anchorage School Board pledges no more closures next year, but one member says the last three were never explained

Anchorage School District adopts a single English curriculum for grades 6 through 10

“Memorandum Number 008 is adopted by a vote of 6 to 1.”

Anchorage board won't reopen a school it may not have fully closed

Anchorage School Board adopts class size policy under state mandate

ASD projects $40M FY28 deficit — two months after voters rejected school bond and tax levy

ASD claims state funding bill comes too late

Seven Western Alaska typhoon evacuees graduate from Anchorage schools

Petersburg sees early revenue gains after senior sales tax exemption removal

Petersburg proposes area-wide property tax to balance FY27 budget

School Board Reverses Course on Calendar After Community Backlash

“my issue is the issue of transparency and trust. And let me just say that the, the issue where we are today, we earned it.”

Anchorage budget crisis mirrors national school funding squeeze