Emily Schwing

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  • Nov 18, 2025
    Rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only...
  • Nov 12, 2025
    Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.
  • Aug 4, 2025
    Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then...
  • Apr 18, 2025
    Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public...
  • Mar 5, 2025
    Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public...