Fairbanks opens Life Skills Lab
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November 19, 2019

Fairbanks opens Life Skills Lab

By From JT Staff Reports

Above, Fairbanks Board President Mark Lippencott accepts a gift of baked goods from one of the students who uses the district’s new Life Skills Lab. The district held a ribbon cutting for the facility as part of Monday’s board of education meeting. The lab has kitchen, laundry and bathroom facil...

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