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    Education
    Homer Middle School prints the first edition of the school newspaper on Sept. 14.
    Homer Middle School students launch newspaper
    By Emilie Springer • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Eighth grade students at Homer Middle School have launched a newspaper.

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    Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks about the National Blue Ribbon award during an assembly at Soldotna Montessori Charter School on Friday, Jan 14, 2022. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD seeks new contract with superintendent
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will negotiate a new contract with current district superintendent Clayton Holland following a unanimous…

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    Math trail open for exploration in Old Town...
    By Emilie Springer • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer’s Old Town Math Trail is open for exploration after about six years of preparation by previous Homer High School…

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD to use grant funds for elementary counselor...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The district budgeted about $626,000 for elementary school counselors for the current fiscal year

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    A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    State board of ed to take up transgender...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 30, 2023 2:30 am

    The board will consider whether or not to separate cisgender girls, other student athletes

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    Photo provided by coordinator Alex Ravelo
Girls on the water participants and instructors with their kayak paddles in July.
    University of Alaska Girls on the Water concludes...
    By Emilie Springer • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Girls on Water (GOW) program concluded on Monday, July 10 with a series of science…

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    Photo provided by Billeen Carlson
KPBSD students Lyndzi Gausin (Kenai Central High School), Morgan Carlson-Kelly (Nikolaevsk), Autumn Jones (Homer High School), Caitlin Eskelin (Soldotna High School) and Stephanie Huffer (Kenai Central High School) compete in national Educators Rising competition in Florida in June 2023.
    KPBSD students attend national Educators Rising conference
    By Emilie Springer • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    Alaska sent a large delegation of competitors to the 2023 Educators Rising conference in Orlando, Florida last month. Among the…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets on Monday, April 10, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board starts conversation about 4-day school week
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 29, 2023 2:30 am

    KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland made clear to board members that the purpose of the discussion was not to make any decisions

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    LaDawn Druce asks Sen. Jesse Bjorkman a question during a town hall event on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Druce returns as head of teachers union
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 21, 2023 2:30 am

    The special election followed the firing of former president Nathan Erfurth, who was arrested in May on charges of sexual abuse of a minor

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    A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Peninsula residents protest trans girls in sports at...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 14, 2023 2:30 am

    The Alaska Board of Education last week met at the George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building in Soldotna

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    Protest signs hang on the entryway wall at the Kenai Peninsula Education Association office on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Voting underway to determine next head of teachers...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 14, 2023 2:30 am

    The election follows the firing of former president Nathan Erfurth, who was arrested in May on charges of sexual abuse of a minor

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    Mountain View Elementary School students use their hands to build works using methodology from the University of Florida Literacy Institute during a board of education meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    New reading curriculum to cover Alaska history, culture...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 14, 2023 2:30 am

    The change comes after some teachers and community members questioned whether some of the proposed topics, specifically Judaism, Christianity and Islam, were age-appropriate

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    Kenai Peninsula Education Association President Nathan Erfurth speaks from the bed of his truck in support of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and support staff outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. Erfurth was removed this week as president of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s teachers union, days after he was arrested Saturday on two charges of sexual abuse of a minor. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Former Soldotna high school teacher charged with sex...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 25, 2023 2:30 am

    A former teacher at Soldotna High School was removed this week as president of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s…

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