ASD details displacement process after FY26 cuts: nurses, librarians and elementary specialists affected

Anchorage School District administrators told the school board on April 22 that they have begun an internal staffing and displacement process driven by FY26 budget reductions that the district estimates will eliminate about 380 certificated positions.

Marty Ling, leading the staffing update, said the district has received 282 resignations so far and has notified 188 employees that they are displaced from their current assignments for next year; those staff will continue in their current positions through the end of this school year while the district attempts to place them. “We are able to offset a good portion of those through current vacancies that we have and the resignations that we've received thus far,” Ling said.

Where displacements stand and next steps: Ling said there were about 128 current open general‑education positions and 60 special‑education vacancies; special‑education hiring has moved into the external recruiting phase because those roles are harder to fill. The district will conduct a…