School closures in the Fairbanks North Star Borough will mean significant shuffling as some attendance area boundaries are re-drawn. The Board of Education has a worksession tonight on how students will shift to new schools.
The details are in two documents posted on the school board’s agenda on the school district’s website.
A big part of the change is the middle schools changing to the 6th-7th-8th grade configuration. That means children in 5th grade right now will be attending middle school next year.
Some children attending 4th grade right now may be in a new elementary school for 5th grade next year, then another new school the next year when they attend a middle school.
On February 1st the school board voted to close Anderson Elementary School and Joy Elementary School, repurpose Nordale Elementary School for district alternative programs, and shift to the new 6-8 grade middle school configuration.
The administration will present a plan for revising elementary attendance areas boundaries to the board at the worksession. No public comment is on the agenda.