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Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD to tackle budget, school closures at Monday meeting in Homer

The district is facing a $17 million deficit.

Cook Inlet Academy’s Serenity Plate holds the ball in front of Nanwalek’s Alyson Seville on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Cook Inlet Academy just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Saturday hoops roundup: Nanwalek boys shock Cook Inlet Academy

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and Nanwalek boys notched Peninsula Conference victories Saturday at senior night at Cook…

Jackson Hooper, Oshie Broussard, Belle Morris and Kincaid Jenness perform “Shakespeare Abridged” during the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Drama, Debate and Forensics Invitational at Soldotna High School on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Community

‘Theater for theater kids who want to take it a bit more seriously’

Peninsula students compete at Soldotna DDF invitational.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes takes questions during the Homer budget development meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Mariner Theatre at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

News

‘The fight has to be with Juneau’: Homer reacts to potential school closures

The community gathered Tuesday for budget conversation after announcement of potential school closures.

Homer High School DDF students Kayla Kalafut and Raiden Skorski-O’Donnell perform their duet acting piece in November at South High School in Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of the Homer High School DDF program)

News

‘Random Acts’ will celebrate 21 years of Drama, Debate and Forensics

The fundraiser helps the local DDF team pay their way to state.

The third and fourth grade Battle of the Books team from Aurora Borealis Charter School, who won the district competition in February, stand for a photo. (Provided by Districtwide Librarian Julie Gottfried)

News

District Battle of the Books teams ready for state competition

Battle of the Books is an annual celebration of reading and teamwork.

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)

News

KPBSD representatives press for funding during in-person testimony to Legislature

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

One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

News

Borough awards contract for K-Selo school design

It has been approximately nine years since the State of Alaska gave money to the borough to replace…

Balancing Act’s homepage for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Screenshot)

News

KPBSD launches ‘Balancing Act’ software, calls for public to balance $17 million deficit

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

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)

News

KPBSD discusses possible school closures in face of $17 million deficit

A presentation from borough administration to the board on Tuesday outlined a series of scenarios for closure of…

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)

News

Homer educator Winter Marshall-Allen honored with statewide award

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

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)

News

Amid calls for increased education funding, Dunleavy debuts reform package

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

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)

Opinion

Point of View: Education finances in Alaska: Same old story, same results?

Legislators, your work has just begun.