Standardized tests don't necessarily demonstrate a lack of ability on the part of Native Alaskans students, but more likely a lack of opportunity. The Sitka School Board wants to close the 'Opportunity Gap.'
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Prop. 1, the so-called marijuana tax, could be sending $300,000 to Sitka Schools in a couple of years. The district want public input on how to distribute the funding. KCAW's Robert Woolsey reports from the November 1 Sitka School Board meeting.
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None of the hostility seen at local school board meetings across the country recently by anti-masking groups was apparent at the November 1 meeting of the Sitka School Board. With zero cases currently associated with the district, the tone was optimistic that mitigation measures were working, and that students were making up for time lost in the past year.
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The Sitka School Board approved almost $900,000 in CARES Act relief spending when it met last Wednesday (5-5-21), on everything from additional staff to copy machines. The board’s only hesitation came from knowing that the money was not yet in the bank.
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The Sitka School District should be in good financial shape next year. But the district administration is cautious about leaning too heavily on relief funding that -- once the pandemic crisis has passed -- won’t be coming around anymore.
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The Sitka School District is in the red, after the city hit a threshold for new coronavirus cases this week, but schools will remain open Wednesday (11-3-20), as district officials weigh next steps.
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Sitka recorded another two positive coronavirus cases this week. Health officials report that a female, age 20-29, tested positive on Wednesday (10-28-20) while experiencing symptoms of the virus. Contact tracing for the woman is currently in progress.
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The Sitka School District will have counselors at each school next year, thanks to a windfall of federal money. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (6-23-20) it voted to split over $450,000 in unexpected Secure Rural Schools funding between the city and the district.
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Students at Pacific High School graduated in a virtual ceremony with friends, loved ones and faculty on Saturday. It was the school’s first “Zoom” graduation but staff brought a personal touch to the platform, maintaining the closeness of Sitka’s most intimate graduation ceremony.
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A plan to reposition three of Sitka’s school principals has been scaled back after intense public pressure. Sitka High School’s principal, however, will be returning to her former job as assistant principal at the middle school. And in the district office, the co-assistant superintendents are leaving their jobs.
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