Alaska Native Cultural Charter School, located at Anchorage's Bettye Davis East High, is raising money in hopes of one day building a space of its own. Until then, supporters hope the charter school can move into an elementary set to close next year.
over the school’s closure, and what it might mean for the majority of students who rely on certain services and free meals at their school.
However, as the district began looking at elementary school closures earlier in the school year, Anderson said it made to sense to see if a vacant building would be acceptable for the cultural charter school. Board president Margo Bellamy said she is highly focused on the families and students of Abbott Loop and their transition to other schools, which she said will be both tough and emotional. Bellamy said her vote to close Abbott Loop was influenced by the school’s low enrollment and potential for more student success at a larger school, as well as the expensive repairs the building needed.
as offices in the school. One teacher props up an umbrella to keep the balls students play with from bouncing into her during gym class, said principal Sheila Sweetsir. A sign is posted in a stairwell intending to keep Bettye Davis East High School students from the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School area of the building on January 12, 2023. who said she was speaking as a parent and founding Academic Policy Committee member, and who also works as an English language arts teacher at the school — said some families left the school because of safety concerns, from the busy parking lot to being exposed to high school students.
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