Anchorage School District announces plan to close schools as part of ‘right-sizing’ effort

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District staff hope to improve the process from the last time a school closed in 2022.

Dr. Jharrett Bryantt, the superintendent of Anchorage School District, listens to public testimony at the Anchorage School District Meeting on December 19, 2022. .. Due to steadily declining student population, decreasing birth rates in Anchorage and continued outmigration from Alaska, staff framed the potential closures as

Toni Riley, director of diversity, equity, inclusion and community engagement, said the district plans to do a better job involving community input than they did prior to Chief Operating Officer Jim Anderson declined to predict which schools will close or how many. Anderson said the district will take six months to engage the community before making decisions.

 

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