Inside the schools Alaska ignored

By: Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,228

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Two inches of raw sewage. Persistent chemical leaks. Pipes insulated with asbestos. A bat infestation. Black mold. “It kind of blows my mind some of the things I found in public schools,” says Emily Schwing, a KYUK reporter and ProPublica Local Reporting Network partner. Recently, we published her investigation of dangerous conditions in deteriorating public schools in Alaska’s rural villages. Schwing, who reported this story while also participating in the University of Southern …

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