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Anchorage School District's proposed budget cuts encounter wave of opposition
15+ hour, 5+ min ago (874+ words) Feb. 18With less than a week to decide which of the proposed budget cuts they'll implement, Anchorage School Board members are encountering strong resistance from affected parents, students and employees. Facing a $90 million shortfall, the district's current budget proposal calls for…...
LAUSD to send 3,200 layoff notices as district faces $877M budget deficit
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (233+ words) About 650 layoffs are expected to hit LAUSD staff. The board voted to send layoff notices to 3,200 people. The district is facing a $877 million deficit for the next school year. LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education…...
Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after over 100 students disenroll this school year
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1489+ words) Lawmakers held a series of hearings with officials from Mt. Edgecumbe High School, the largest state-run boarding school in Alaska, following a tumultuous year of budget and staff cuts, administration changes and a wave of student disenrollments." Sen. Bert Stedman,…...
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District plans budget cuts amid financial challenges
1+ week, 1+ day ago (22+ words) Monterey Peninsula Unified School District plans budget cuts amid financial challenges'Yahoo Monterey Peninsula Unified School District plans budget cuts amid financial challenges...
More school closures possible as Anchorage School District seeks to address $90M budget deficit
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (776+ words) Feb. 4Anchorage School Board members are beginning to grapple with a bleak preliminary budget for the district that proposes significant cuts to nearly every department beginning next school year. In the last few years, district administrators have proposed many similar cuts…...
MPS superintendent eyeing 'deep, deep cuts' to district budget
3+ week, 5+ day ago (47+ words) Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools is eyeing significant cuts to the district's upcoming budget. Super Bowl 2026: ... The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools is eyeing significant…...
MPS superintendent plans cuts as teachers call for inflationary raises
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1231+ words) As Superintendent Brenda Cassellius eyes budget cuts for Milwaukee Public Schools to cope with a structural deficit, hundreds of teachers and staff rallied ahead of a Milwaukee School Board meeting Jan. 22, calling on officials to give staff their regular inflationary…...
More Than 7 Feet of Snow Buries Kamchatka Peninsula Amid Record Cold Snap
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (187+ words) A powerful snowstorm dumped more than seven feet of snow in some areas of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, creating hazardous conditions and burying towns in an extreme winter, officials said on Friday, January 16. Weather stations recorded snow depths of more than…...
Anchorage schools closed Friday with freezing rain, gusty winds in the forecast for Southcentral
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (615+ words) Jan. 15Update, 8:05 p.m. Friday: The Anchorage School District said Thursday night that all schools will be closed Friday "due to projected freezing rain, icy roads, and high winds." In an email to families and staff, the district said that "driving in the…...
Powerful winds, rain blast Alaska Panhandle amid latest avalanche
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (132+ words) An avalanche closed part of a highway in the borough of Haines, a small town about 90 miles north of Juneau in Alaska's panhandle on Tuesday night " the latest debris slide in the region after days of heavy rain triggered avalanches…...