Funding shortfall may force Mt. Edgecumbe to cut half its teachers next year
Without a major boost in state education funding, Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka is facing a likely 50-percent reduction in its teaching staff next year.
Mt. Edgecumbe is one of Alaska’s oldest boarding schools, and has been serving students from across the state for almost eight decades. The news about the prospective cutbacks was delivered to the school’s Advisory Board late last month.Read More