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The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board will be voting Tuesday on a proposal to replace the district’s 70 custodians with a contracted company. The proposal is designed to save the district’s $3 million, in a year when it is facing a deficit and contemplating the closure of schools.

The Tanana Valley League of Women Voters showcases candidates for FNSBSD Board of Education; Seat A, Loa Carroll Hubbard and Tamara Kruse Roselius, and Seat B, April Smith and Morgan Dulian. This recording is a segment of the larger event Sept. 13, 2024.

KUAC will broadcast the forum on Monday, May 6 at 11:00 a.m. Representatives from Citizens for Transparent Government and Golden Heart Strong present arguments for and against Proposition A on the May 7th FNSB special election ballot.

The FNSB Assembly held a finance meeting on Saturday, April 20.

A group of Fairbanks parents held a press conference April 10 to share concerns about governor Mike Dunleavy’s stance on education funding.

The president of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board is apologizing for comments she made about legislators who did not vote to override the governor’s veto of an education bill. A majority of the school board has called a special meeting tonight to discuss the issue in private.

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.

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.