ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – At the end of March, the Anchorage School District began informing teachers that a lack of state funding would mean some of them would be “displaced” — they would still have a job but could anticipate a schedule change, likely in a different school.
The notice went out to 185 people, including classroom teachers, nurses, and librarians. But on Monday, a new round of displacements took another group by surprise.
According to Cory Aist, President of the Anchorage Education Association, at least 20 “specialists,” mostly at the elementary level, including art, P.E., music, and health teachers, learned they too were being displaced…