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Afterschool childcare returning to Sayéik: Gastineau
Juneau Borough School District · Aug 13, 2026
What happened
The board scheduled final approval on August 13, 2026 of a lease letting Little Stars (The Spark, LLC), a private licensed provider, run an afterschool childcare program inside Sayéik: Gastineau Community School — restoring on-site care lost when the district's RALLY program closed in 2025 and students were bused to Harborview.
Why it matters to families
Gastineau families would regain afterschool care at their own school, including access to after-school interventions; the district's stated goal is a childcare program at each of its six neighborhood elementary schools.
The evidence
The August 13, 2026 agenda item memo describes the lease, the site-council support, the RALLY history, and the administration's recommendation to approve. Minutes are not yet posted, so this is an approval under consideration, not a recorded outcome.
The source
August 13, 2026 agenda item: Little Stars childcare lease (final reading)See the full record for Juneau Borough School District.
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