John Steiner

While many of us went to the fair or otherwise enjoyed the most glorious Labor Day weekend in memory, Superintendent Carol Comeau was at her computer reading and responding to hundreds of emails about Tuesday's back-to-school address by the President of the United States.

Last week, the Anchorage School Board approved using $11 million to pay for urgently needed capital projects without selling additional bonds. The good news is that some projects proposed for bond funding in the April election can be done without bonds.