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Protestors are seen at the intersection of Kenai Spur Hwy. and Sterling Hwy. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Parents protest remote learning

People held signs and glow sticks in Soldotna to protest remote learning

Image via KPBSD

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On-site learning could resume in January

K-6 students will be allowed to return to school on Jan. 19 even if their region is at…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Superintendent John O’Brien (courtesy photo)

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Community input requested in superintendent search

The survey will be open until Dec. 7 at 11:59 p.m.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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More than one-fifth of all district students enrolled in Connections homeschool program

Only four of the district’s 42 schools had enrollments greater than projected

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion                                 Chris Dement teachers a seventh-grade class Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, at Skyview Middle School just outside of Soldotna, Alaska.

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Central peninsula students return to school

‘It felt like game day of the World Series’

Central peninsula sport programs start back up

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Central peninsula sport programs start back up

Sports jumped back into action Monday at the central peninsula’s schools, while an announcement about those same schools…

Linda Rourke navigates the various web pages needed for her Alaska History class, where she is a longterm sub, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Students head back to school

Principals talk first few days in Homer, Anchor Point schools

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. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Central peninsula schools closed for in-person education until at least Sept. 8

Superintendent acts due to surge in COVID-19 cases

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KPBSD to require face coverings; Board OKs raise for school nurses

The increase in pay is set to expire at the end of 2020-2021 school year.

Soldotna assistant football coach Eric Pomerleau checks the temperature of sophomore Joseph Whittom before summer workouts Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Back to school? COVID cases to decide

“We are on a tightwire between a rock and a hard place.”

Lockers and hallways remain empty with schools closed across Alaska to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that has prompted a global pandemic, on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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District finalizes school restart plan, sets first day of school

The school district finalized their mitigation plan and set classes to begin Aug. 24, four days later than…

Activities return to district facilities

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Activities return to district facilities

The Soldotna High School football team has won 12 of the last 14 state championships in the small-…

Klaiches step away from Nikolaevsk basketball

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Klaiches step away from Nikolaevsk basketball

Steve Klaich is retiring after teaching in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for 32 years.