School District Risk Levels
The southern, central and eastern regions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District all remain in the high-risk zone in terms of community spread of COVID-19.
Regions of the peninsula are put into low, moderate, substantial or high-risk categories based on the number of new cases of COVID-19 identified over a seven-day period. This model is based on rates of cases per 100,000 of population.
All students are currently able to attend onsite education five days a week in district schools. Any closures will be on a school, classroom or cohort level.
As of Wednesday, the southern peninsula (from Ninilchik south) remains in the high-risk category with 99 new cases in the last seven days. The southern peninsula is in low risk if it has had zero to nine new cases in the last 14 days, is in moderate risk if there have been 10 to 49 new cases in the last 14 days, is in substantial risk if there have been 50 to 99 cases in the last 14 days, and is in high risk if there were 100 or more new cases in the last 14 days.
The central peninsula, including Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna, Sterling and Kasilof, is at high risk with 334 new cases over the last seven days.
The eastern peninsula is at high risk with 10 new cases identified over the last week.
Schools operating with universal indoor masking for staff and students include Fireweed Academy, K-Beach Elementary, Port Graham School, River City Academy, Susan B. English School, Tebughna School and Tustumena Elementary. Homer area schools, except for Fireweed Academy, have dropped mask mandates.
In the past seven days, Homer Middle School had one positive COVID-19 case.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s COVID-19 dashboard reports a seven-day summary of 16 staff positives, 33 staff close contacts, 67 student positives and 199 student close contacts.
Homer Flex School
Oct. 28-29: Student-Led Parent Teacher Conferences – No School.
Nov. 11: No School
Nov. 17: Picture retake day
Nov. 24: End of second rotation
Nov. 25-26: No school
Fireweed Academy
Oct. 28-29: Student-Led Parent Teacher Conferences
Nov. 11: No School
Nov. 18: Title 1 committee meeting
Nov. 25-26: No school
McNeil Canyon Elementary
Oct. 15-29: School book fair
Oct. 28-29: Parent Teacher conferences; no school
Oct. 30: Outdoor fall carnival
