Anchorage School District officials are once again floating closing elementary schools in an effort to tackle the district’s roughly $90 million budget gap.
In order to address the shortfall, the district recently proposed a budget that would cut more than 500 staff and eliminate all middle school and many high school sports, among other changes.
Anchorage School Board members requested the district provide recommendations for suggested school closures as another way to save money. On Friday, the district proposed closing three schools. Fire Lake, Lake Otis and Campbell STEM elementary schools. Fire Lake and Lake Otis had previously been on the chopping block, but board members voted against closing the two schools in November…