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  "path": "/2026/06/17/alaska-districts-close-12-schools-this-year-amid-severe-budget-cuts/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T21:02:11.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Government & Politics",
    "Anchorage School District",
    "Andy Ratliff",
    "Deena Bishop",
    "Education Funding Task Force",
    "Kari Dendurent",
    "Kenai Peninsula School District",
    "Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District",
    "Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District",
    "Randy Trani",
    "school closures",
    "Sheri Boehlert"
  ],
  "textContent": "Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state — in Anchorage, Wasilla, Sutton, Seward, Sterling, Soldotna, Kasilof and Ketchikan. With those closures, hundreds of students and staff will bus or commute to new schools […]",
  "title": "Alaska districts close 12 schools this year, amid severe budget cuts"
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