Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel E. Winfree of Fairbanks has been selected as the next chief justice of the stateâs highest court, a position he will assume on July 1, the Alaska Court System announced.
Winfree, 68, will be the first Alaskan-born chief justice and the second chief justice from Fairbanks. He will replace Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger, whose term ends June 30.
Winfree has served on the Alaska Supreme Court since 2008. As chief justice, he will preside over arguments and conferences of the Alaska Supreme Court, appoint presiding judges for all judicial districts and chair the Alaska Judicial Council.
The grandson of Yukon and Alaska gold rushers, Winfree was born in Fairbanks in 1953, when Alaska was a territory.
Teacher on leave at Alaska school for insensitive George Floyd comments, officials say yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Teacher Suspended After Being Filmed Telling Class George Floyd Would âStill Be Aliveâ If He Complied
by : Julia Banim on : 07 May 2021 18:40
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A teacher from Alaska who was filmed telling her class that George Floyd would âstill be aliveâ if he complied has now been suspended.
During a Zoom class with her students from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, a teacher referred to as âMs. Gardnerâ could be heard claiming that Black people would be less likely to be shot if they complied with the police.
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In a 15-minute video, which has since been uploaded to YouTube by a parent, Ms. Gardner advised her students that they should comply with officers during an arrest even if they believe they are being wrongfully arrested.
An email-writing effort to convince education leaders to unmask school children is underway along with a counter effort to maintain mask wearing.
The Board of Education also has heard from people calling for mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training at the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District after a Lathrop High School teacher made comments about race and police brutality that spurred complaints.
The board, at its regular meeting Tuesday, additionally saw a couple of parents call out the Waldorf-inspired Boreal Sun Charter School for racist comments made about 100 years ago by the European founder of the Waldorf education method. Public education leaders renewed a contract with the charter school, and asked for a diversity report later this year.
Fairbanks teacher on leave after ‘racially insensitive’ comments on George Floyd in class Author: Dan Bross and Robyne, KUAC Updated: May 11 and is republished with permission. FAIRBANKS A Fairbanks teacher has been put on administrative leave after comments she made during a discussion about George Floyd in her class at Lathrop High School, according to school officials. A parent notified the school of the comments last Wednesday. In a letter to parents on Friday, Lathrop High School Principal Carly Sween described the comments as “racially insensitive.” The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has not publicly named the teacher, but a 15-minute video of the class posted online shows a teacher identified as Ms. Gardner. Connie Gardner is a special education teacher at Lathrop High.