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    Education
    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District logo.
    School district projects $7.5 million budget deficit for...
    By Chloe Anderson • December 23, 2025 2:30 pm

    Decreased enrollment and increased property values mean less local and state funding.

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    Professor of Biology Debbie Tobin gives an introduction to the audience at the start of the Semester by the Bay Symposium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Semester by the Bay students present at symposium
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 20, 2025 12:30 pm

    Students participating in Kachemak Bay Campus’ Semester By the Bay program gave presentations during a day-long symposium hosted at the college Friday.

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    A graph compares the school meal prices from five of the major school districts in Alaska. Courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education
    Board of Education moves to increase school meal...
    By Chloe Anderson • November 11, 2025 2:30 am

    In January, the cost of adult meals and elementary student lunches will increase.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board authorizes $1.8 million in new, restored...
    By Jacob Dye • September 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The spending comes in response to the increase in funding received from the state this year.

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    Former Sen. Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, speaks with the Juneau Empire in his office at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Building Alaska’s future by putting education first
    By Tom Begich • September 4, 2025 1:30 am

    When I served as a state Senator, the most common visitors to my office were parents and teachers. Parents expressed…

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    Alaska Fire Science Consortium logo. Photo courtesy of Alaska Fire Science Consortium
    Point of View: Get kids outside learning about...
    By Heather McFarland, Tori Brannan, Katie Spellman and Hilary Shook • August 21, 2025 2:30 am

    The start of school is the perfect time to get students outside learning about the role wildfire plays in the…

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD reverses some activity stipend cuts, raises fees
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The district’s final budget adopted in July called for a halving of all activity stipends.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD responds to restored state, federal funding
    By Jacob Dye • August 5, 2025 1:30 am

    The Alaska Legislature reversed Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $50 million education funding on Saturday.

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    Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, May 13, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board OKs plan to combine Soldotna schools
    By Jacob Dye • August 5, 2025 1:30 am

    The vacated Redoubt Elementary facility would house Soldotna Montessori Charter School and River City Academy.

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    Students stand during a protest against the possible closure of Sterling Elementary School along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD board starts talking 2026 school closures
    By Jacob Dye • August 4, 2025 1:30 am

    This year, the district closed Nikolaevsk School and very nearly closed Sterling Elementary School.

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    The Alaska Legislature’s vote tally shows 45-14 in favor of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of education funding in the state budget during a joint session in Juneau, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
    Legislature narrowly votes to override education funding veto
    By Jacob Dye • August 2, 2025 1:30 am

    The increase in funding from Saturday’s veto override will represent a roughly $3 million increase to the KPBSD.

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    A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Opinion: Schools and strength in challenging times
    By Tom Klaameyer • July 31, 2025 2:30 am

    Public schools have existed in America for hundreds of years. As our country has grown, so too has the demand…

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    A poster for the new fair, to be held Saturday, August 9. (Courtesy Sage Anderson)
    New ‘Back to School Fair’ to be hosted...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 31, 2025 2:30 am

    The fair will take place at Karen Hornaday Park.

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