Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education

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.

An analysis of FNSB Assembly and School Board candidate fundraising.

Three seats are open on the Board of Education; today, candidates for School Board Seat G, Meredith Maple and Maggie Matheson. In-person absentee voting is available through Monday, Oct. 2 at the Shoppers Forum Mall in Fairbanks, and at all three municipal clerks' offices: at the city halls in Fairbanks and North Pole and at the Borough building on Terminal Street.Polling places open for voting on Election Day, Tuesday, Oct. 3.

Candidates for Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board and Assembly responded to questions by KUAC and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Journalists.

For the 9th year, West Valley High School's government class taught by Amy Galloway, arranged for questions from students to be put to candidates for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board. All candidates from the three open school board seats attended the forum.

A school board candidate in Fairbanks has made a statement about keeping gender identity options out of schools with a giant inflatable walrus.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education passed a $222,873,000 budget Wednesday night – about 15.3 million dollars less than last year’s spending. The recommendation includes about a $56 million ask from local taxpayers. The budget goes now to the borough assembly for approval.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board is hosting the public to meet the candidates and make comments today about each on the search website. The board may announce their choice as early as Saturday afternoon.

Counting Absentee and Questioned Ballots has settled elections for Fairbanks City Council, Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, and FNSB Board of Education. Election results are attached to this story.

Increased public funding for homeschooling is on the Fairbanks North Star Borough school board’s agenda tonight. At a worksession last night, school administrators said there is a lot of misunderstanding in the community about the spending.