Two of the candidates are educators, and all three have children attending Juneau schools.
is an administrative operations manager for the state and an adjunct professor of economics for the University of Alaska Southeast. She said the district’s struggles with teacher recruitment and retention all tie back to state funding, which is becoming a “critical mass issue.”
“We’ve endured a lot of cuts beyond the point at which the district can successfully fulfill its mission to our students, which is the most important job our community has before it,” Noon said in an interview. “So addressing the funding crisis, resolving the budget deficit is obviously going to be a top priority.”also works for the state and is a lifelong Juneau resident.
One area where this year’s candidates differ is in allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and play on sports teams that match their gender identity. In interviews, Cioni-Haywood and Noon both said they believe students should be able to express themselves as they wish, while Sipniewski said she believes in “protecting girls’ innocence” by not allowing transgender children to use the same bathrooms or locker rooms as them.
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