Pat Higgins

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

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 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

“we give them a I'm just kidding maybe type statement. I think we're making a serious mistake, and I absolutely oppose it.”

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

An Anchorage board member proposes a one-year pause on school closures

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

Anchorage School Board balks at a $2.8M curriculum buy members hadn't seen

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

Anchorage schools adopt regional nurse model, will pull nurses from schools with fewer medical needs

“You're gonna, it's gonna have a negative impact morale, it's gonna have issues with nurses, it's gonna have some concerns with parents out there that really want to make sure that their kid has any problem they're taken care of within it.”

ASD claims state funding bill comes too late

Seven Western Alaska typhoon evacuees graduate from Anchorage schools

Anchorage budget crisis mirrors national school funding squeeze