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Mat-Su may – again – put state’s controversial student survey on the rocks

EducationJanuary 17, 2023

The Mat-Su School Board is meeting on Jan. 18 to consider whether area public schools should administer a 98-question state survey that asks high school teens about their sexual proclivities, various types of contraception they employ and whether they have

Mat-Su election results: School board stays solidly conservative – moderate assembly incumbents win

EducationNovember 9, 2022

With 100% of precincts reporting, and roughly 4,100 early and absentee votes yet to be tabulated, here is where the Mat-Su Borough election results from Nov. 8 stand. SCHOOL BOARD It looks like the already conservative Mat-Su School Board has moved a bit more

Mat-Su students will begin each day with a moment of silence

EducationSeptember 22, 2022

Beginning in a few weeks, students all across the Mat-Su Borough School District will begin each day with a brief moment of silence. The Mat-Su School Board voted 5-1 on Sept. 21 to approve a new policy that requires area principals to set aside one

Mat-Su considers ‘moment of silence’ to start each school day

EducationSeptember 15, 2022

In an effort to give students a moment of introspection to start each day, the Mat-Su School Board is set to vote on a new policy that would require area principals to set aside one to two minutes at the start of each day for “quiet reflection.” “The

Mat-Su School Board partially rescinds controversial transgender guideline

EducationSeptember 8, 2022

With a packed room of highly concerned parents on hand, the Mat-Su School Board voted 5-1 on Sept. 7 to rescind one part of a 2015 guideline that had previously allowed gender-confused students to access locker rooms and bathrooms that were not in alignment

Transgender protocol blindsides Mat-Su School Board & they plan to address it

EducationAugust 30, 2022

The Mat-Su School Board was caught off guard when a little-known administrative protocol on transgender students came to light last week. Written in 2015, but essentially buried deep in the school district’s website and completely unknown to several

Mat-Su is first Alaska district to pass policy protecting girls’ sports from trans athletes

EducationJune 16, 2022

The Mat-Su Borough School District voted 6-1 on June 15 to approve a new policy aimed at protecting girls’ sports from male athletes who internally identify as females. Board Member Dwight Probasco was the lone no vote. In passing the new policy the

TONIGHT: ACLU urges opposition to Mat-Su plan to keep males from dominating girls’ sports

CultureJune 15, 2022

The ACLU of Alaska is directing LGBTQ activists to flood the June 15 Mat-Su School Board meeting in opposition to a plan that would safeguard girls’ sports from biological males who claim to be female. Most school board members appear to be on board with

Most Mat-Su School Board members say they support protecting girls’ sports from trans athletes

EducationJune 3, 2022

As previously reported in the Watchman, the Mat-Su School Board is looking to enact a policy change to maintain fairness in girls’ athletics by ensuring that transgender biological males who identify as female cannot compete on all-girls sports teams or

Mat-Su looks to protect girls’ sports from transgender biological males

EducationMay 30, 2022

In an effort to maintain fairness in athletic opportunities for girls, the Mat-Su School Board is looking to amend its policy to ensure that transgender biological males who identify as female cannot compete on all-girls sports teams or events. “Requiring

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