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    Education
    Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, presents information on a bill establishing a voluntary buyback program for Cook Inlet’s east side setnet fishery on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bjorkman bill would pay bonuses to nationally certified...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development estimates that the bonus program would apply to about 215 of Alaska’s estimated 7,315 teachers — about 3%

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    Graduates wear decorated caps during Soldotna High School’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD revises proposed graduation adornment policy
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    The original version of the policy limited how students may decorate their caps, gowns and stoles

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    Alaska senators meet with members of the media to discuss education legislation after a press conference by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on the topic on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)
    Dunleavy threatens veto of education bill if more...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 28, 2024 2:30 am

    It is not certain there would be the 40 votes necessary to override a veto by the governor

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    Signs hang on the entryway wall at the Kenai Peninsula Education Association office in Soldotna, Alaska, in this Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, file photo. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board ratifies new contracts following union membership...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The a one-year contract extension is the first in the district’s history

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    KPBSD’s Balancing Act budget simulator homepage. (Screenshot)
    ‘You are in deficit’: New school district software...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The software allows users to toggle between eliminating or preserving various items in the budget

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    Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire
Deena Bishop, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, testifies Saturday during a House Rules Committee meeting.
    Peninsula residents weigh in on school funding debate
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 24, 2024 2:30 am

    More than a dozen comments were made by residents of the Kenai Peninsula on S.B. 140

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    Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Lawmakers open session with education discussion
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    Early effort to overturn veto of one-time school funding fails in House

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
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 in Soldotna.
    Group studying 4-day school week model takes shape
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    Members of a newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group convened for the first time last week in Soldotna…

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    Graduates throw their caps into the air at the end of Soldotna High School’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board mulls grad policy clarifications
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 10, 2024 2:30 am

    High school graduates would only be permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies of the school they are graduating from…

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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)
    Budget deficit continues to steer school board talks
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 10, 2024 2:30 am

    Warnings about the implications and scale of the budget deficit the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is facing for the…

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    Joel Isaak, Kenaitze Tribe Member and adjunct professor at Kenai Peninsula College, speaks during a Celebration of Life for Dr. Alan Boraas at Kenai Peninsula College on Jan. 17, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Local Dena’ina linguist named DEED deputy commissioner
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 4, 2024 2:30 am

    Joel Isaak teaches Dena’ina at Kenai Peninsula College and works as a linguist for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe

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    Callie Giordano’s first grade Mountain View Elementary School students practice literacy skills on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska’s adjusted school spending trails national average, UAA...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Funding for K-12 education is expected to be a top issue in the upcoming legislative session

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    A pie chart shows Kenai Peninsula Borough School District expenditures by object for the current fiscal year. (Chart via KPBSD)
    ‘Budget 101’: How KPBSD organizes funds
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes delivered the presentation to school board members during a Monday work session

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