The cost of recovery for schools damaged by an earthquake in Anchorage could exceed an initial estimate of $25 million to $50 million, the superintendent of the Anchorage School District said. Bishop was among the officials who addressed the Senate Education Committee, which heard presentations on earthquake damage to schools, the Anchorage Daily News reported. After the meeting, Bishop said subsurface conditions have caused Gruening Middle School to sink slightly with each significant aftershock. Mike Brown, executive director of operations for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, said repair costs in his district have reached $1.8 million, not including Houston Middle School, which has been declared unsafe. Tim Edwards, chief risk officer for the University of Alaska, said earthquake repairs are mostly complete on the more than 60 facilities within the university system that were damaged.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2019 18:00 UTC