Tanana City School District
School district in Alaska, United States
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The Tanana City School District (TCSD) is the school district of Tanana, Alaska. Its sole school, Maudrey J. Sommer School, serves grades K-12.[2]
| Tanana City School District | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
89 Front Street
Tanana , Alaska, 99777United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | K–12[1] |
| NCES District ID | 0200715[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 30[1] |
| Teachers | 4.0[1] |
| Staff | 7.5[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 7.5[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | web |
The school had 104 students in 1998.[3] As of August 2008, the school had five full-time teachers and five aides serving 56 students.[2] By January 2009 the enrollment had declined to 39 students. At the time, many villagers were leaving to find other jobs.[3]
In 2008 the district did not pay $100,000 worth of bills and invoices. Some of the bills had been left over from two years prior. In 2009 John Bania, the superintendent, announced that the school was in $200,000 worth of debt. He stated that he would either stop paying teachers or stop paying bills, unless the State of Alaska gave the district a bailout.[3]
A biomass system is used to power and heat the teacher housing. The school was scheduled to get a biomass heating system started before January 1, 2013.[4]
