The state will keep its membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonprofit network that helps states keep track of registered voters and reduce fraud, an official at the Alaska Division of Elections confirmed Wednesday.
Sommerville expected about 170 students to return to in-person learning at Tudor Elementary, she said. “We’ve been working so hard this whole year, making sure that our kids had what they need and doing online learning but it’s just it’s not enough,” Sommerville said. “If I could have brought all of them back, I would have.” Tudor, a pre-K through sixth grade neighborhood school, also houses a Montessori program. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade in the Montessori program, and pre-K through third grade in the neighborhood school program, returned to in-person class on Wednesday. Sommerville said the months away from classrooms were hard on students, especially those who are more vulnerable. The students come from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds, she said, and the pandemic and school closures have had tremendous impacts on some. Some families have had to quit jobs to take care of children. Others are facing crises like eviction, she said.