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At the Kuspuk School District, 19 of its 21 new teachers are from the Philippines. They say the salary, in part, lured them to Western Alaska. Also, some came for the snow. Now they have to decide whether they'll stay another year.

“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, though a smaller share of its new teachers are Filipino. Out of 82 new teachers the school district, 10 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,” said second-grade teacher Jay Mojello.

Limod said that either she’ll join her family back in the Philippines or she’ll bring them to Alaska. She said she’s enjoying learning a new culture and gaining professional experience.“Every time I give them instruction, they don’t listen to me. And the first week, first, second week there I was here, I was really crying. Every time I go home, I always cry because I feel like I’m not an effective teacher,” said Limod.

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