The Fairbanks North Star Borough is a diverse community, and the school district embodies that diversity. The sixteen-member Board Diversity Committee provides administration officials with a wide range of perspectives to assist in maintaining an educational environment that embraces and supports equity, equality, inclusivity, and an openness to our diversity. The committee is charged with keeping the administration informed of specific concerns and helping find ways to encourage all students and parents to become involved in educational opportunities and school activities.

Board policy and administrative regulation governing the Diversity Committee:

• School Board Policy 236.1: School Board Committees to Advise Administration and the School Board
• Administrative Regulation 236.1: Board Committees to Advise Administration and the School Board

Board Diversity Committee Information Sheet

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is soliciting applications from people interested in serving as a volunteer committee member on the Diversity Committee. The Diversity Committee will act in an advisory capacity regarding diversity issues in the school district.

We currently have openings for three (3) Community Representatives and two (2) Parent Representatives.

Ways to apply:

• Apply online; or
• Fill out an application and email to eeo@k12northstar.org; or
• Print, and return to FNSBSD Human Resources, 520 Fifth Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701.

• Board Diversity Committee Letter to the School Board: Mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Training (9/17/2020)

A complete list of all Resolutions approved by the School Board is available for review on the Board of Education Resolutions Page.

Heather Christian
Executive Assistant 
heather.christian@k12northstar.org
(907) 452-2000 x11394

Michelle Pippin
EEO Officer
EEO@k12northstar.org
(907) 452-2000 x11466

Board Diversity Committee Membership
(16 members)

School Board Member Chair:

• Margaret (Maggie) Matheson, Board Member

District Administrator Support:

• Michelle Pippin, EEO Officer

FPA Representative (1):

• April Scott, Ben Eielson Jr./Sr. High School

FEA Representative (1):

• Sarah Dimmick, North Pole High School

ESSA Representative (1):

• Flora Roddy, Teaching & Learning

Student Representative (1):

• Tifani Hollcraft, Lathrop High School

Parent Representatives (3):

• Caroline Brown
• Kaneisha Radgosky
• Kelly Gitter

At-Large Community Members (7):

• Jazzanne Gordon-Fretwell
• Jackson Brannan
• Viletta Knight
• Vacant - Seeking Applications
• Mae Marsh
• Donna Fitzpatrick
• Sandra Clark

Committee Staff Support
Heather Christian, Executive Assistant - Human Resources