What you need to know:
- The Mat-Su School District plans to close three schools to help address a projected $23 million budget shortfall. The schools are Glacier View School, Larson Elementary School and a third facility that has not yet been publicly identified.
- Students would be reassigned to other schools, with Glacier View elementary students bused more than 40 miles to Sutton and secondary students sent to Palmer. Most teachers and staff may be reassigned, though some positions could be eliminated.
- Officials said the schools were chosen because of declining enrollment. The closures could save up to $4.5 million next year. The district is expected to announce additional program cuts this week.
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PALMER — Mat-Su School District officials plan to close three schools as part of an effort to cut costs amid a projected $23 million budget shortfall next year.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District administrators will propose closing Larson Elementary School near Wasilla and Glacier View School at the end of the current school year.
District officials declined to confirm the location of the third school targeted for closure because its staff and teachers have not yet been notified, they said. A meeting at that school regarding the planned closure is scheduled for Tuesday, district spokesman John Notestine said in an interview…