Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 4, 2021
After a mix-up between the assembly and the school board led to an unanticipated funding shortage for the school district, the Sitka Assembly is ponying up more money for Sitka’s schools. When the group met in a special meeting on Thursday (4-1-21) it approved an increase in funding for the district. But the money will only go through if Secure Rural Schools is reauthorized.
Secure Rural Schools is federal funding the city receives that can only be spent on schools and roads. It’s not guaranteed, and was only reauthorized a few years ago. Typically the city and the school district split the pot 50/50. But member Kevin Mosher, who initially voted against funding Sitka’s schools to “the cap” proposed the additional funding, promising 100 percent of Secure Rural Schools funds, if received, to the school district.
School Board reports funding miscommunication to Assembly
Posted by Katherine Rose | Mar 8, 2021
A comparison Superintendent John Holst reviewed with assembly members at Thursday’s meeting. The left shows how the assembly funded schools last year (FY21). On the right is the funding package approved by the Assembly in February. And in the center is what the School District intended to request, an increase of around $500,000.
Editor’s note: This script was amended from the version originally broadcast to include more context around the general fund budget and clarify where money to cover the projected $1.9 Million dollar deficit may come from, including a $1.5 Million surplus from last fiscal year.
Posted by Katherine Rose | Feb 22, 2021
Earlier this month, Canada announced an extension of its cruise ship ban, a major hit to Southeast Alaska’s economy. When the Sitka Assembly meets on Tuesday (2-23-21), it will consider a resolution urging the Feds to issue a temporary waiver to the Passenger Vessel Services Act. The waiver could circumvent Canada and boost Alaska’s economy this summer.
The resolution also asks the CDC to issue guidance that would allow cruise lines to resume operations in Alaska this summer. If it passes, the resolution will be sent to Sitka’s delegation in D.C. to signal local government support for a waiver– but it won’t have any legal effect. Waiving the Passenger Vessel Services Act would allow foreign ships to bypass Canada.
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New research on taste aversion clarifies how a stomachache can turn a food from must-have to must-avoid.
The study, published in
eLife, involved conditioning rats to dislike the taste of sugar water, something they would normally enjoy, by creating a mild digestive discomfort after they consumed it.
A powerful memory forms when a pleasant taste is associated gastrointestinal pain, similar to an experience with food poisoning that results in an aversion to that food. Scientists have debated how the brain works in this process to form a long-lasting memory.