220 Anchorage teachers receive layoff notices

More than 200 Anchorage School District teachers received layoff notices Wednesday.
The pink slips, in all 220, were issued as legislators contend with a $2.5 billion budget deficit, leaving education funding levels for the coming year uncertain.
School district chief human resources officer Todd Hess said the mood around the district Wednesday was somber.
“We’ve got 200 families out there that have been impacted. And what are they going to do? And how are they going to make ends mee