Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
# Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) is a school district based in the city of Palmer, Alaska. It serves 40 schools across Mat-Su Borough, which each enroll from 15 to 1300 students. The estimated sum of the total number of students attending schools in this district is 15,969. MSBSD is the second-largest school district in Alaska, with the largest district being Anchorage School District.

In the 2007-2008 school year, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District had an expenditure of $150,531,684, which is a $9,426 expenditure for every student.

The current superintendent is Dr. Randy Trani.

## History

In April 2020 the school district board deemed five books, Catch-22, The Great Gatsby, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Invisible Man, and The Things They Carried, to be inappropriate for use in the classroom. Among the reasons cited were "anti-white" sentiments. A local attorney responded with a "book challenge," asking students to read all five works. In May of that year the school board restored the books to the curriculum.

## Schools

### K-12 schools

* Beryozova School, a public K-12 school in Willow
* Correspondence Study School, a public K-12 school in Wasilla
* Glacier View School, a public K-12 school
* Twindly Bridge Charter School, a public K-12 school, in Wasilla

### 7-12 schools

* Susitna Valley High School, a public secondary school, serving grades 7–12, near Talkeetna

### 6-12 schools

* Matanuska-Susitna Secondary School, a public secondary school, serving grades 6–12, in Palmer

### High schools

* Burchell High School, a public alternative school in Wasilla
* Colony High School, a public secondary school near Palmer
* Houston High School, a public secondary school in Houston
* Mat-Su Career and Technical High School, a public secondary school in Wasilla
* Palmer High School, a public secondary school in Palmer
* Valley Pathways High School, a public alternative school in Palmer
* Wasilla High School, a public 9–12 school in Wasilla

### K-8 schools

* Academy Charter School, a charter school, serving grades K–8, in Palmer
* Fronteras Spanish Immersion Charter School K-8, a public charter school in Wasilla

### Middle schools

* Colony Middle School, a public middle school in Palmer
* Houston Middle School, a public middle school in Big Lake
* Palmer Middle School, a public middle school in Palmer
* Teeland Middle School, a public middle school in Wasilla
* Wasilla Middle School, a public middle school in Wasilla

### Elementary schools

* Big Lake Elementary School] in Big Lake
* Butte Elementary School in Palmer
* Cottonwood Creek Elementary School in Wasilla
* Dena'ina Elementary in Wasilla
* Finger Lake Elementary School in Wasilla
* Goose Bay Elementary School in Wasilla
* Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla
* Larson Elementary School in Wasilla
* Machetanz Elementary School in Wasilla
* Meadow Lakes Elementary School in Wasilla
* Pioneer Peak Elementary School in Palmer
* Sherrod Elementary School in Palmer
* Snowshoe Elementary School in Wasilla
* Sutton Elementary School in Sutton
* Swanson Elementary School in Palmer
* Talkeetna Elementary School in Talkeetna
* Tanaina Elementary School in Wasilla
* Trapper Creek Elementary School in Trapper Creek
* Willow Elementary School in Willow
