As voters, we need to fire those who have opposed education funding and replace them with representatives who will support our schools.
Students who walked out of Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of an education package enter the state Capitol, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. The walkout was part of a statewide protest organized by the executive board of the Alaska Association of Student Governments, according to Felix Myers, who is from Sitka and was one of the organizers.
Although each of these opportunities is important, we are writing today to advocate for IGNITE on a state level, since the Anchorage School Board and the Anchorage Assembly have done their parts to support the program’s continuation. Since the 2021-22 school year, all second graders have been screened for IGNITE. Students qualify based on a comprehensive point system that encompasses ability and achievement tests, class performance, teacher scoring of learning, and analysis of a student’s motivational characteristics. All test scores are locally normed districtwide and district normed for Title I, English Language Learners, and economically disadvantaged.
Because IGNITE serves students in their neighborhood schools across the municipality, the average State House legislator has 150-225 IGNITE kids in each of their districts. There are 205 IGNITE students are enrolled in the schools whose boundaries fall into the district represented by Rep. Julie Coulombe , for example, while 256 IGNITE students are enrolled in the schools whose boundaries lie within the district represented by Rep. Tom McKay .
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