Juneau parents petition for school board recalls over planned student moves
The petitioners are worried about the impacts of closing and rearranging schools for students, as the board addresses a $7.9 million deficit.
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The petitioners are worried about the impacts of closing and rearranging schools for students, as the board addresses a $7.9 million deficit.
Deedie Sorensen says it’s time to retire as board members give themselves tough grades, lofty goals.
Whenever a crisis befalls a public institution, the first thing that gets fixed is the blame. And so, following discovery of multiple accounting errors that led to a nearly $10 million budget shortfall in the Juneau School District, a petition has been launched to recall Deedie Sorensen and Emil Mackey, president and vice-president of the JSD.
The ink was hardly dry on the Juneau School District (JSD) FY 2025 budget passed last month before a local group filed petitions to recall the school board president, Deedie Sorensen, and vice president, Emil Mackey.
Deedie Sorensen, Emil Mackey failed to act on previous concerns about fiscal woes, petitioners say.