Ursa Major students will be transferred to 3 more schools in JBER as the district addresses earthquake concerns

Written by Anchorage Daily News

Updated: 47 minutes ago Posted: 2 hours ago

Fort Richardson, part of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, photographed July 16, 2020 (Loren Holmes/ADN)

Students preparing to spend this school year at Ursa Major Elementary at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will be scattered throughout the military base’s other three elementary schools after a new report on Ursa Major raised concerns about the building’s safety during the earthquake.

The Anchorage School District said this week that Ursa Primary Elementary School will be closed after it received new information from an engineering company that the school may not be safe during an earthquake in the future. The information came as the district neared the end of a review of 85 school buildings built before 2000.

Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt said Friday that this fall, nearly 400 students enrolled in Ursa Major will be accommodated by JBER’s three other elementary schools: Ursa Minor, Aurora and Orion Elementary Schools.

While a timeline for Ursa Major’s repair has not yet been set, district officials said the school will remain closed for at least a year so as not to cause disruption to students in the middle of the school year.

In an email sent from the school district on Friday, parents were instructed to use the district’s online resources to find out which school their child had been rezoned for.

The district will provide transportation for students who have been transferred to Aurora and Orion. Parents can find more information about enrollment and enrollment at the school district’s webpage on the Resettlement Project, or contact Ursa Major to learn more about relocation.

“I am grateful for everyone’s patience as we work through logistics and planning to keep everyone safe,” Bryant said in the email on Friday.

School District spokeswoman Lisa Miller said that “many, but not all staff” assigned to Ursa Major are expected to be transferred to other schools at JBER as well. She said a small number of Ursa Major staff will be reassigned to a different school off base.

Miller wrote that officials will let affected employees know about the reset as soon as possible.

Built in 1952, Ursa Major is one of the oldest schools in the area. The building was not significantly damaged during the 2018 earthquake, but Rob Holland, acting chief of operations for the area, said the new analysis found the building to be at increased risk of partially or completely collapsing during another major earthquake.

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