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Yukon Flats School District, Alaska

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Yukon Flats School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Skagway City School District has a graduation rate of 77%.[1] It is comprised of nine schools serving eight communities[2] in the northeast corner of the state.[3]

Website evaluation

The good

  • District administrators, their position and their pictures are posted on the district's website.[4]
  • Board policies are available online.[5]

The bad

  • While the district does list Board Members and their contact information, the list is not current and includes members whose terms expired in 2009 as of January 11, 2010, and does not include contact information.[6]
  • The schedule of future school board meetings and minutes and documents from past school board meetings are not found online.
  • Contact information for administrators is not posted.
  • Although the district does post its Report Card for the 2006-07 academic year,[7] the more current report cards are not available on the website.
  • Public records request information or background check information also cannot be found on the district's website.
  • No information is found regarding budget, audits or taxes.
  • No information on contracts is available, other than the negotiated agreement between the district and the teacher's union.

School Board

Name Position Seat Term Expires
Nancy James President D 2009
Lance Whitwell Member B 2009
Margaret John Member F 2012
Cecilia Wiehl Member A 2009
Ruth Crow Member G 2011
David Bridges Member C 2011
Laurie Thomas Member E 2010
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The school board negotiates on behalf of the school district with unions representing the district's employees.[9]

Academic Performance

In the 2008-09 academic year, the district did not meet Annual Yearly Progress criteria established by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development.[1] The district was placed on AYP Level 4[1], which requires corrective action be taken.[10]

In the 2008-09 academic year, 40% of students third through twelfth grade students in the district were proficient in language arts and 31% were proficient in mathematics.[1] In the 2006-07 academic year, 33% of students third through twelfth grade students in the district were proficient in language arts and 32% were proficient in mathematics.[11]

Lobbying

The district is a member of the Association of Alaska School Boards.[12] The AASB states on its website that it promotes pro-education legislation and to protect the principle of local control of public education, with its efforts led by its Executive Director.[13] The AASB also issues a Legislative Handbook to members of its Legislative Network and publishes a Legislative Bulletin.[14][15] The AASB is also an affiliate of the National School Boards Association and its Federal Relations Network, which addresses the legislative process at a national level.[16][17]

Unions

The Yukon Flats Education Association represents certificated employees in the district with the exception of the Superintendent and any administrators who have opted to remove themselves from the teacher's bargaining unit and substitute teachers working less than 20 days per year.[9] The Negotiated Agreement between the Yukon Flats Education Association is valid from July 1, 2009 though June 30, 2012 and provides for a 5% salary increase each of those three years.[9] The salary schedules included in the negotiated agreement are as follows[9]:

Year Low High
2009-10 $39,601 $76,033
2010-2011 $41,581 $79,834
2011-12 $43,660 $83,826

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2009 District AYP Worksheet
  2. ↑ Employment in the District
  3. ↑ Faculty Resources
  4. ↑ District Office
  5. ↑ Board Policies
  6. ↑ Board Members
  7. ↑ District Report Card 2006-07
  8. ↑ Board Members
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Negotiated Agreement
  10. ↑ Consequences of Not Meeting AYP
  11. ↑ District Report Card 2006-07
  12. ↑ AASB Membership Directory
  13. ↑ AASB Legislative Efforts
  14. ↑ AASB Legislative Efforts
  15. ↑ AASB Legislative Bulletin Archive
  16. ↑ AASB Legislative Services
  17. ↑ NASB Federal Relations Network
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