School districts all over the state are the in the same situation as Juneau’s: passing budgets without knowing what level of funding the state and local governments will provide.
Juneau Schools
School board approves budget as questions over state funding loom
The Juneau School Board approved an estimated $85 million to $86 million for next school year. It’s built on at least one big, uncertain assumption about state funding.
Juneau schools leave room for debate in climate change curriculum
New science standards being considered don’t shy away from attributing it to an increase of human activity. But how that’s taught in the classroom could be up to interpretation.
Juneau students take part in national student walkout protesting gun violence
Juneau high school students took part in Wednesday’s national walkout calling for action on gun violence. More than a hundred Juneau-Douglas students marched to the state Capitol while dozens of students at Thunder Mountain gathered outside their school.
Juneau high school activists plan school safety walkouts in solidarity with national protest
Juneau high schoolers will join students across the country on Wednesday by walking out of class to protest inaction on gun violence in schools. Students from Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain high schools worked together to plan separate but related events for the one month anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Concerned by potential slur, students oust Thunder Bears as district mascot
Local students decided that Thunder Bears, the mascot students across the district chose last month, would need to be reevaluated after an alternative meaning was discovered online.