Cuts & displacements: A waiting game in Southcentral for education funding

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Across Southcentral Alaska, school districts are facing staffing cuts and displacements looking into the next school year.

The Anchorage School District (ASD) announced on Monday that it could be seeing hundreds of positions displaced due to a lack of education funding. In a letter sent out to ASD families on Monday, the district wrote, “If we do not receive any additional funding by the end of the year, targeted layoffs for some job titles will likely be necessary.”

Further north, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) said it is also facing major cuts…

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