Anchorage looks to clear homeless from park ahead of music fest

Plus: Alaska educators welcome one-time funding boost but say a permanent increase is desperately needed ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's Sponsor: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Friday, May 26. In today's newsletter: - The Municipality of Anchorage is [moving to clear dozens of homeless campers]( out of a Midtown park ahead of a three-day music festival set to take place there in June. - Alaska school administrators are celebrating the $175 million in extra public school funding in this year’s state budget, but [warn that they’ll again face large deficits]( next year. - Two prominent Alaska families have [proposed building a lodge]( with up to 150 rooms at the state-owned airport in Girdwood, along with an airplane hangar and a sports facility for skiers and hikers. Alaskans will have multiple opportunities to gather and honor fallen service members for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. From a headstone cleanup event on Sunday to several ceremonies and remembrances in the Anchorage area on Monday, [here's a rundown]( of how you can participate. Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a high near 57 degrees and a chance of scattered rain showers, mainly before this evening. Anchorage will continue to see a chance of rain over the holiday weekend and on Memorial Day. High temperatures will hover in the mid-to high 50s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [City moves to clear homeless camps from Anchorage’s Cuddy Park ahead of planned music festival →]( The large cluster of camps at Cuddy Family Midtown Park is just one of several that have sprung up in different parts of the city in recent weeks as the mass shelter inside Sullivan Arena winds down. The planned abatement is the first such large-scale clearing of encampments in months. ADVERTISEMENT [Alaska educators welcome one-time funding boost but say a permanent increase is desperately needed →]( Permanently increasing the state’s per-student funding formula was a top priority for many in the Legislature this year, but what ended up passing this session was a one-time boost. That temporary school funding is not assured, as the governor could reduce the amount or veto it entirely. [Developers plan 150-room lodge at Girdwood airstrip →]( The hotel would be the largest lodging project in the resort community in decades. The proposal is still in an early phase, with limited information available, but it’s already generating lots of questions in Girdwood. [Anchorage Audubon Society is giving away 10,000 spruce seedlings →]( The Anchorage Audubon Society is giving away 10,000 free white spruce seedlings over the next two weekends in an attempt to replace some of the trees lost to spruce beetle kill in recent years. [Don’t be left in a daze of glaze on National Doughnut Day. Here are some of Anchorage’s best. →]( From beignets and malasadas to traditional favorites, Anchorage has you covered (in sugar, that is). ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Security guard faces assault charges in man’s shooting outside northeast Anchorage convenience store →]( [Hat trick propels Juneau-Douglas girls past Homer in 1st round of Division II state soccer tournament →]( [Conservatives revolt as White House and GOP appear closer to deal to avert debt ceiling crisis →]( [Recipe: The perfect dessert for picnics and gatherings, moist carrot cupcakes are sharable and easy to transport →]( [From the Civil War to modern mattress sales, Memorial Day has grown full of contradictions →]( [‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: A new vision for the lawn →]( The ADN relies on readers like you. [Get digital access to the ADN for as low as $1.99 for the first month]( and help us cover the news that matters most here in Alaska. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States