Student increase could mean large funding boost for Skagway School

Administrators in the Skagway School District say there are more than 100 students in the K-12 school this year. That is a significant increase from recent years, in which enrollment hovered between 60 and 80. If the district does have a student count in the hundreds this year, that could mean a large increase in state funds.
Music teacher James Baldwin sings with first and second graders. (Emily Files/KHNS)
On a recent afternoon, a couple dozen first and second graders are learning a French son