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    Education
    From front left, Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland listen to families during a community conversation on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Senate committee hears correspondence school allotment bill
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 1, 2024 2:30 am

    A superior court judge ruled earlier this month that the allotments are unconstitutional

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    Homer High School sophomore Sierra Mullikin, center, one of the students who participated in the community walk-in on Wednesday April 24, 2024, holds a sign in front of Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Communities across the state of Alaska held walk-ins in support of legislative funding for public education. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Homer community ‘walks in’ to support education funding
    By Emilie Springer • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The protest called for an increase to the BSA and legislative support for public education

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    Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
    Vance introduces constitutional amendment to protect correspondence program...
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    If passed by the legislature, the amendment will be presented to voters in upcoming general election

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Students of Soldotna High School stage a walkout in protest of the veto of Senate Bill 140 in front of their school in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
    SoHi students walk out for school funding
    By Jacob Dye • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    The protest was in response to the veto of an education bill that would have increased school funding

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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)
    District unions call for ‘walk-in’ school funding protest
    By Jacob Dye • April 18, 2024 1:30 am

    The unions have issued invitations to city councils, the borough assembly, the Board of Education and others

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    Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce (left) and committee Chair Jason Tauriainen (right) participate in the first meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Four Day School Week Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    4-day school week committee talks purpose of potential...
    By Jacob Dye • April 17, 2024 1:30 am

    The change could help curb costs on things like substitutes, according to district estimates

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    School board member Kelley Cizek, right, speaks as members Jason Tauriainen, Patti Truesdell and Penny Vadla listen during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘They deserve better than this’
    By Jacob Dye • April 17, 2024 1:30 am

    School board passes budget with broad swath of cuts, including pools, theaters and some support staff

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland responds to questions during a joint worksession of the School Board and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    District budgets for ‘worst-case scenario’, assumes no increase...
    By Jacob Dye • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    ‘This is all we can depend on’

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    School board member Patti Truesdell speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School Board approves rehiring retired teachers
    By Jacob Dye • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    There are at least 25 full-time positions that will need to be filled for the next fiscal year

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    Homer High School students who joined schools from around the state in a high school walkout pose near the end of the event, on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Not all students who attended the event are in the image. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Homer students join statewide student walkout
    By Emilie Springer • April 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The event was in response to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto last month of an education bill passed by the Alaska Legislature

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    Kyle McFall addresses attendees at a meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina-focused charter school hosted by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts meeting to gauge interest...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    The initiative comes amid heightened legislative interest in Alaska’s charter school system

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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 Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    State owes KPBSD $9.7 million, federal government says
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    DEED on Thursday pushed back on the federal government’s statement that it has not complied with requirements

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes, left, presents preliminary fiscal year 2025 budge information during a school board committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district committee builds multiple budget scenarios amid...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 1:30 am

    ‘We don’t get to play around on this one’

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