Painting by Ayla

We will celebrate our afterschool volunteers and a few community members on Wednesday. Paige Evans from Playworks will be here to share the joy of play. This is open to everyone in the Two Rivers Community—please spread the word.

Thank you, Ms. Wolfe. Our school has been nominated a Purple Star School. April is the month of the military child. We started this with a visit from the 28th Military Police Detachment and 549th Military Working Dog Detachment. MWD Aramis and MWD Ddena demonstrated their extensive detection and bite work skills.

4/19 "Purple up Day"- wear purple (the combination of all military colors)

4/22 "Proud to be an American"- Wear Red, white and blue

4/23 "Crazy Camo Day"- wear camouflage clothes

4/24 "Hat Day"- wear a hat- (hats off to our military)

4/25 "Our troops allow America to Shine and Sparkle"- wear starts and shiny sparkles

4/26 "Military Parents are our Superheroes"- wear your favorite superhero look

• Expand bussing options to students further up Chena Hot Springs Rd and Nordale Rd.
• Extend the school hours. Providing options for early drop-off and late pick-up.
• Become a homeschool base for the Chena Hot Springs area.
• Schedule course offerings (explorations) that homeschool students could easily join,
• Include a preschool option
• Develop a mailing that links to a survey to provide community feedback

The budget that the borough and the state will pass is still to be determined. If the district does not get what it requested, the board must return to the drawing board to balance the budget. We hope they don't reconsider school closures.

In Wednesday's Daily Newsminer, the Mayor spoke about the upcoming borough budget cycle- which will be unveiled on April 3rd. We have paper copies of the article at the school if you want to learn more about the proposed education funding and the tax cap. It is looking grim.

This bill was brought forth after the veto of HB 140. This bill included:

• Create a charter termination appeal process through DEED
• Create a charter school coordinator position at DEED
• Increase to pupil transportation funding
• Increases funding for correspondence programs to the full ADM
• Increase the BSA by $680
• Include $500 per student to support the Alaska Reads Act
• Give lump sum bonus payments to teachers

DEED shared proposed amendments for a committee substitute (CS) for HB 392. The new CS will remove teacher bonuses and add language, allowing the state board of education to authorize charter schools. It will also lower the reading support money to $180 for all students, with an additional amount for Title I. Amendments for the bill will be shared during its next scheduled hearing, which is currently not set.

Email: allison.wylde@k12northstar.org
Website: https://www.k12northstar.org/tworivers
Location: 400 2 Rivers Road, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Phone: 907 488-6616