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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla and student representative Emerson Kapp speak to the joint Alaska House and Senate education committees in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
    KPBSD representatives press for funding during in-person testimony...
    By Jacob Dye • February 12, 2025 12:30 pm

    Districts spotlighted programs already lost over years of stagnant funding that hasn’t met inflationary pressure.

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    Balancing Act’s homepage for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Screenshot)
    KPBSD launches ‘Balancing Act’ software, calls for public...
    By Jacob Dye • February 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The district and other education advocates have said that the base student allocation has failed to keep up with inflation.

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    Milly Hornung and Halle Blades speak in opposition to a possible closure of Nikiski Middle/High School during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD discusses possible school closures in face of...
    By Jake Dye Peninsula Clarion and Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 4, 2025 1:30 am

    A presentation from borough administration to the board on Tuesday outlined a series of scenarios for closure of up to nine schools.

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    Winter Marshall-Allen sits on the Stefan Avant-Mercadante memorial bench in the hallway of Homer High School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Avant-Mercadante was a former student of Marshall-Allen’s who passed away last year. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer educator Winter Marshall-Allen honored with statewide award
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • January 31, 2025 8:00 am

    The honor is awarded through the Alaska Governor’s Council on Disabilities Special Education, partnered with the Alaska State Special Education Conference.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy compares Alaska to Mississippi data on poverty, per-pupil education spending, and the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress fourth grade reading scores during a press conference on Jan. 31, 2025. Alaska is highlighted in yellow, while Mississippi is in red. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
    Amid calls for increased education funding, Dunleavy debuts...
    By Jacob Dye • January 31, 2025 1:30 am

    KPBSD is facing a $17 million deficit driven by stagnant funding that’s failed to keep up with inflation.

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    Board member Tim Daugharty speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Point of View: Education finances in Alaska: Same...
    By Tim Daugharty • January 30, 2025 2:30 am

    Legislators, your work has just begun.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the KPBSD Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD, other school districts call on Legislature for...
    By Jacob Dye • January 28, 2025 1:30 am

    The district is facing a $17 million deficit.

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    Tim Daugharty speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD launches conversation on $17 million deficit
    By Jacob Dye • January 16, 2025 1:30 am

    The district says overcoming the deficit without heavy cuts would require a substantial increase to the BSA.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seen in a screenshot of a news conference on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Anchorage. (Screenshot)
    Opinion: Alaska’s charter schools are leading the nation...
    By Gov. Mike Dunleavy • January 9, 2025 2:30 am

    When it comes to most educational outcomes, Alaska can’t boast about being No. 1. However, according to a Harvard study…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes presents information on the district’ fiscal year 2024 budget at Kenai Central High School on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD to hold community budget meetings in Homer,...
    By Jacob Dye • January 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The school district prepares budgets for fiscal years that run from July 1 to June 30

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    Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Deena Bishop and Gov. Mike Dunleavy discuss his veto of an education bill during a press conference March 15, 2024, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Federal government drops pursuit of maintenance of equity...
    By Jacob Dye • December 26, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will not be receiving a total of nearly $10 million in COVID-19 relief funds…

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    Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board mulls community survey for possible 4-day...
    By Jacob Dye • December 12, 2024 1:30 am

    The board considered a set of surveys gauging from staff, parents and older students

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    Kelley Cizek speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Legislators talk funding, priorities at school board work...
    By Jacob Dye • December 12, 2024 1:30 am

    The priorities are largely unchanged from previous years

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