Ben Eielson High School

Just after midnight this morning, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board voted to close Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School. They postponed voting on the closure of other schools to instead focus on the budget. The board resumes meeting tonight.

School closures were the focus of a Monday night worksession for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education. Members heard about the closures of Ben Eielson Jr./Senior High School and Ticasuk Brown Elementary school, as well as the possibility of closing two more elementary schools.

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