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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
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    ‘Back to school, ring the bell’
    By Sarah Knapp • August 12, 2021 1:30 am

    The 2021-22 school year begins Aug. 17 for all KPBSD schools.

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    Nathan Erfurth speaks before the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    District reaches tentative bargaining agreements with teacher, support...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 11, 2021 2:30 am

    If ratified, would be in effect from July 1, 2021 until June 30, 2024.

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    Soldotna Police Department Officer Victor Dillon speaks with KPBSD Director of Secondary Education Tony Graham at the George A. Navarre Borough Admin building on Monday, August 2, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district doubles down on optional masks
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 4, 2021 2:30 am

    Masks will be required on buses, but not mandated in classrooms

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    School board mulls updates to district tobacco policies
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 6, 2021 2:30 am

    Changes include banning clothing promoting tobacco use and adding language about electronic smoking devices.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration and Assembly meet for a joint work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
    School district submits plan as part of 3rd...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    The funds come with conditions.

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    Krista Schooley (left) testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education on Monday, June 7, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    A ‘groundswell’: Conservative coalition seeks to expand influence...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 16, 2021 2:30 am

    The vision of KPCCC is to “restructure and build the foundation of the 7 Mountains of Influence in our society through conservative action.”

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration and Assembly meet for a joint work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
    KPBSD recruiting new staff at most schools
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 19, 2021 2:30 am

    The district is looking to hire more than 50 new staff members for schools across the borough.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board kills efforts to phase out insurance...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 14, 2021 2:30 am

    Members of the board receive a monthly stipend in addition to being eligible for district insurance.

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    Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion 
Soldotna High School English teacher Nicole Hewitt teaches her students remotely from her empty classroom at Soldotna High School on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska.
    ‘Birthed by circumstance’: SoHi takes on COVID-19 in...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    Soldotna High School students will share their COVID-19 experiences beginning on April 8 during a three-day in-person performance of “Pandemic:…

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    Eric Pederson, principal of Paul Banks Elementary School, stands with his family outside the school in this undated photo in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Eric Pederson)
    Local principals promoted to school district leadership positions
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Kari Dendurent will be the next assistant superintendent

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    Incoming Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a virtual budget forum Monday, March 22, 2021. (Screenshot by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Federal funds will help float school district through...
    By Megan Pacer • March 23, 2021 2:30 am

    District leadership will ask for $48 million from the borough level

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    Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News 
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.
    School district identifies almost $30M in critical projects
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 3, 2021 2:30 am

    The 19 projects would impact 38 of the district’s 42 schools.

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    Sanitization equipment is seen inside of a classroom at Kenai Middle School on Friday, Jan. 8 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    All students can attend in-person classes 5 days...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 29, 2021 2:30 am

    Eastern peninsula schools began operating at medium-risk level on Monday

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