A school on Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks may close its doors at the end of the school year due to budget shortfalls. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which administers Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School, is considering closing the school as it finalizes its fiscal year 2025 budget.
A school on Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks may close its doors at the end of the school year due to budget shortfall s. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which administers Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School, is considering closing the school as it finalizes its fiscal year 2025 budget.
The district is facing a budget deficit of between $16 million and $29 million, depending on how much funding it receives from the state and borough, district superintendent Luke Meinert said in a Feb. 7 news release. The base, 26 miles from Fairbanks in Alaska’s interior, is home to one F-16 Aggressor squadron and two F-35A Lightning II squadrons. It’s lone high school has 365 students and employs 44 faculty and staff, Ben Eielson’s school liaison program manager, Earnest Kincade, said by email Friday. Closing Ben Eielson, which teaches grades six through 12, would save the school district $2 million a year and $1
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