Education

Dr. Catherine Cahill, director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, or ACUASI, with the UAF Geophysical Institute was recently appointed to the Federal Aviation Administrations Drone Advisory Committee.

Fairbanks Education Association president Sandi Ryan provided an update on the ongoing midterm bargaining between the FEA and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough School District.

Parents in an Alaska city have called for a return to classrooms after a high failure rate among students while school buildings were closed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The free public Science for Alaska lecture series hosted by the Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will run over the course of the next 6 weeks, with a new lecture taking place at 7:00PM every Tuesday. The first in the series is “Going with the floe: A year adrift in the Arctic ice pack”, by Sea Ice Geophysicist Melinda Webster, who recently returned from the largest and most extensive Arctic expedition ever undertaken, MOSAiC.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District sent out a press release Thursday evening outlining the proposed budget for the 2021-22 school year.

Ron Arnold, a retired teacher working as a behavior aide at North Pole Elementary School, is suing the Fairbanks School District and the Board of Education in an effort to close schools until the case rates for COVID-19 in Fairbanks drop below the CDC’s 'red zone'.

North Pole Elementary has asked that all students remain at home and attend remotely today only, due to a potential Covid-19 outbreak.

As students star returning to in-person education throughout the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska health officials say they are considering bumping up teachers on the state’s vaccine list.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host 3 free educational presentations on Interior Alaska air quality every Wednesday for the next three weeks.

ESSA and FEA are to meet with FNSB School District on Friday for negotiations.

With schools slated to reopen this month, the Fairbanks School Board held an executive session on Monday, January 11, to discuss a renegotiation of contract safety articles with the Education Support Staff Association and the Fairbanks Education Association.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board held a special meeting in order to respond to two letters from Education Associations ESSA, and FEA.

ANSEP will be offering STEM lessons to Alaskan middle schools

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has participated in the study of wolf pup remains that have been dated to more than 50,000 years old.

Brian Davis, program coordinator and lead instructor at the literacy council of Alaska discusses a surge in residents seeking their General Educational Development (GED) diplomas.

Fairbanks School Board Superintendent Karen Gaborik addresses concerns from a joint letter of concern representing the Fairbanks Education Association (FEA), the Education Support Staff Association (ESSA), and the Fairbanks Principals Association (FPA)

Literacy Council of Alaska offering registration for GED classes.

In a release sent out Friday afternoon the Fairbanks Education Association (FEA), the Education Support Staff Association (ESSA), and the Fairbanks Principals Association (FPA) expressed their concerns about children in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District returning to in-person schooling as soon as January 19, 2021.

Dr. Gaborik, superintendent of schools for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District hosted an online question and answer video conference concerning the school board’s recent decision to allow children to return to school this January in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this stream she addressed questions and concerns from parents, guardians, and students.

School board post representative for Fort Wainwright, Colonel Christopher Ruga provided his military perspective on the topic of children being able to return to schools next month.

The Yukon-Koyukuk School District held its 14th Annual Virtual Holiday Program on December 16th.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board voted to have students return to school in person beginning on January 19, 2021 through February 1, 2021.

Dr. Aditi Shenoy, Natural Resources Specialist with the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District provides a look at her work protecting Alaska’s ecosystem from invasive plant species.

The National Weather Service will be replacing their radar viewer webpage with a new more feature rich design, that improves usability while still providing the public access to NWS weather radar data.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board held a video conference work session Tuesday night to discuss the options of phasing in students to attend schools in the operational red zone.

Dr. X’unei Lance Twitchell teaches Native languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. On Monday, November 30th, Twitchell was honored with the “First Alaskan Institute Young Native Leader Award.”

Fairbanks School Board to host December 8th meeting discussing children returning to school

Today we begin a look at the post election Fairbanks Northstar Borough School District School Board, starting with school board president Timothy Doran.

Kelly Drew, director for the Center of Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRIM) discusses her work applying the unique metabolic qualities of hibernating animals to medical treatments for humans.

In a video conference School Board Regular Meeting, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District School Board voted to postpone expanding a phase-in plan for students attending K-8, middle and high schools.