{"id":127243,"date":"2025-03-13T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=127243"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:26:04","slug":"native-america-calling-decades-of-funding-neglect-is-causing-serious-problems-for-rural-alaska-school-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/13\/native-america-calling-decades-of-funding-neglect-is-causing-serious-problems-for-rural-alaska-school-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Decades of funding neglect is causing serious problems for rural Alaska school buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, March 13, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Decades of funding neglect is causing serious problems for rural Alaska school buildings <\/div>\r\n An entire wall of one school building is buckling after a leaky roof went unattended for 19 years. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nStudents at another school have to go home to use the bathroom during the day because the school\u2019s water pipes burst. Exposed insulation hangs from the ceiling in another school. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor more than a quarter century, the Alaska legislature has devoted only a fraction of the funds needed to keep the public school buildings that serve a predominantly Alaska Native student population functioning properly. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to  hear about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/public-safety\/2025-03-16\/after-report-finds-squalid-conditions-inside-rural-public-schools-senate-finance-committee-questions-state-funding-process-for-maintenance-construction\">investigation by KYUK<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/alaska-deterioriating-public-schools-reporting\">collaboration with ProPublica\u2019s Local Reporting Network<\/a> and NPR\u2019s Station Investigations Team that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/rural-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-funding\">exposed a problem many years in the making<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h6bPf2RaQP8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">ProPublica: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/h6bPf2RaQP8>Alaska Has Ignored Hundreds of Requests to Fix Its Crumbling Public Schools<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/people\/emily-schwing\">Emily Schwing<\/a>, senior reporter for KYUK in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJason Dropik (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niea.org\/meet-the-staff\">National Indian Education Association<\/a> \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated dangerous conditions inside Alaska&#39;s deteriorating public schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NejGSS9BPw\">https:\/\/t.co\/NejGSS9BPw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ProPublica (@propublica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/propublica\/status\/1900474045788791249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17\/newtok.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For more than a quarter century, the state of Alaska has devoted only a fraction of the funds needed to maintain schools serving Native students.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,14],"tags":[78,79,6187,6102,243,133,1153,135,134,102],"class_list":["post-127243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-emily-schwing","tag-jason-dropik","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-niea","tag-propublica","tag-radio","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17\/newtok.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-x6j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127243"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127287,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127243\/revisions\/127287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}