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Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 7, 2021 The Sitka School Board unanimously adopted the recommendations on this list. (SSD image) The Sitka School Board approved almost $900,000 in CARES Act relief spending when it met last Wednesday (5-5-21), on everything from additional staff to copy machines. The board’s only hesitation came from knowing that the money was not yet in the bank. The first pulse of CARES Act relief came into the Sitka District around this time last year, and was spent on supplies and equipment needed to keep the schools functioning as they transitioned to remote learni...

Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 26, 2021 Out of the budget for 2021-2022: Funding for Community Schools. The School Board reallocated the Community Schools reserve account to fund the Blatchley swimming pool next year. Blatchley will still see a “cut back” version of Community Schools, with buildings (mainly Blatchley) opened and closed by district staff. (KCAW file photo) The Sitka School Board has passed a budget for schools next year, balanced by dipping deeper into savings than usual. The decision to tap savings was recommended by Sitka’s interim superintendent last Wednesday (...

Carbon reduction cash is tiny next to coal subsidy We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 22, 2021 — 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit: The Prime Minister’s pledge to spend $500 million on carbon reduction schemes over an unspecified period contrasts with the billions of dollars every year in subsidies to the coal industry (“PM promises $500m hydrogen, carbon fund”, April 21). Adding insult to injury, nearly half the new expenditure is for unfeasible carbon capture schemes. To compensate for Australia’s dir...

Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 15, 2021 Sitka Community Schools has scaled back during the pandemic, but it previously has had a large menu of activities — not just for kids. “Is it community, or is it schools?” interim superintendent John Holst asked the school board. The budget for the Community Schools program in Sitka will likely be zeroed out next year, while the school district and city decide who’s financially responsible for the afterschool activities program. The Sitka School Board on Wednesday night (4-14-21)  heard a presentation from the administration that recommen...

School Board reports funding miscommunication to Assembly Posted by Katherine Rose | Mar 8, 2021 A comparison Superintendent John Holst reviewed with assembly members at Thursday’s meeting. The left shows how the assembly funded schools last year (FY21). On the right is the funding package approved by the Assembly in February. And in the center is what the School District intended to request, an increase of around $500,000. Editor’s note: This script was amended from the version originally broadcast to include more context around the general fund budget and clarify where money to cover t...