Over half of the Kuspuk School District’s entire teaching staff is from the Philippines. And nearly all of them are new to the U.S.
“It’s kind of a very shallow reason, but because of the snow. We don’t have snow there!” says Jay Mojello, of why he wanted to come to Alaska. Mojello is one of the many new teachers at the Kuspuk School District who are from the Philippines. This school year, over half of the Kuspuk School District’s entire teaching staff is from the Philippines. And nearly all of them are new to the U.S.
Agad applied for teaching jobs in Alaska because he had been let go by his former school when it shut down during the pandemic. Agad isn’t the only teacher from the Philippines in Aniak this year. There are four, and they’re all roommates.this school year, though a smaller share of its new teachers are Filipino. Out of 82 new teachers the school district19 of the 21 new teachers are from the Philippines, and 20 out of 39 of the district’s total teachers are from the Philippines.
Kuspuk School District Superintendent James Anderson said that he didn’t necessarily look for applicants from the Philippines. Anderson said that he simply hired the best and most experienced teachers. It just so happened that nearly all of them were from the southern Philippines and speak a Bisayan language as their native language.“It’s kind of a very shallow reason, but because of the snow. We don’t have snow there!” Jay Mojello said.
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