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School board OKs plan to combine Soldotna schools
The vacated Redoubt Elementary facility would house Soldotna Montessori Charter School and River City Academy.
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KPBSD board starts talking 2026 school closures
This year, the district closed Nikolaevsk School and very nearly closed Sterling Elementary School.
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Federal education funding to be released after monthlong delay
The missing funds could have led to further cuts to programming and staff on top of deep cuts…
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School district finance department earns national awards
The two awards are based on comprehensive reviews of the district’s budget and financial reporting.
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School board finalizes budget with deep cuts to programming, classrooms
Multiple members of the board said they were frustrated by the state’s failure to fund education.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough school board to finalize budget
The new budget designed by the committee will be considered at a public hearing during the full board…
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Pool funding OK’d as district looks to hand off facilities to communities
School pools have repeatedly been raised as a possible option for closure and then saved at the last…
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Pools, theaters, libraries in jeopardy as cuts loom
The district issued “notices of non-retention” to all its pool managers, library aides and theater technicians.
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Dunleavy vetoes education funding to $500 BSA increase
Per-student funding was increased by $700 in an education bill passed by the Alaska Legislature in May.
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KPBSD issues notice of non-retention to pool managers, theater techs and library aides
Those notices were issued due to the ongoing uncertainty in state education funding.
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Nikolaevsk School prepares for June 30 closure
The school serves a primarily Russian Old Believer community located about 19 miles outside of Homer.
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KPBSD facing ‘paralyzing’ financial uncertainty
The district is waiting both to see how the governor will exercise his veto rights and for the…