Fairbanks is covered within the Fairbanks North Borough School District that ranges for many miles around the city. The major military installations in the area of Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base both are covered by the same Fairbanks school district.
There are about 42 schools in the district covering grades from kindergarten to high school grade twelve. The student body is numbered at over 16,000 students for an average year. The state of Alaska requires full immunization with proof before enrolling a student into the school system. Parents must additionally prove their age of their children to enter first grade or kindergarten.
The school district has advanced programs for correspondence and home school teaching under the guidance of the school professionals. There are many parts of the district where children may not be able to regularly attend classes during the winter months. The schools try very hard to provide flexible options for families in remote locations or with special situations. The programs all ensure that requirements to attend a Fairbanks Alaska university or other college are met or exceeded.
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Post secondary education is the focus of Fairbanks Alaska university campuses and programs. Programs are offered in a wide variety of subjects on local campus facilities and are supplemented by online offerings. Degree programs are available for many associate and bachelor degrees, with almost all higher level programs requiring a virtual campus and online classes.
There are two main universities with a presence in Fairbanks, fed by the Fairbanks school district. They are the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Aurora Illuminated. The UAF is the dominant school and is backed by a robust online program from the parent University of Alaska system. The utility of an online or virtual system in Alaska is not lost on the faculty in Fairbanks.
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