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Railroaded?

In August, 2019, the Mat-Su Borough School District Administration submitted a proposal to the Mat-Su Borough School Board to buy the building that houses the Mat-Su Central School. The owners offered to sell the building to the school district for $5.1 million. The Mat-Su Central school (which is a correspondence…

Teachers sue over Union Dues & Activities citing Janus

A group of current and former teachers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against NEA-Alaska, the Matanuska-Susitna Education Association, the Mat-Su Borough School District, and the Alaska Labor Relations Board, over union dues and union activities citing the brand new US Supreme Court case Janus v. American Federation of…

Highlights of MSB School District Admin Expenses from 2014 – 2017

The very first post on this blog was this one: MatSu Borough School District Admin Office Expenditures 2014 – 2017 At the time, this blog was being used as a place to post raw public records so that the public could review them.  Citizens would then comment on the public…

Secret School Settlements

The Mat-Su School Board, at its regular meeting last night (Feb 21, 2018), approved various changes to its policies and procedures manual. Background: The School Board Policy Committee, a subcommittee of the School Board,  is tasked with reviewing and suggesting updates to the School Board’s Policy manual on a periodic…

MatSu Borough School District Admin Office Expenditures 2014 – 2017

Summary:  The link here (http://www.matsuk12.us/financial-info), takes you to the District’s Financial Page and lists the District’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) from fiscal year (FY)09 through FY16. These financial statements are audited. In addition to the CAFRs, the District also publishes an adopted budget book by fiscal year. The adopted…