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    Graduates listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman speak during the school’s commencement ceremony on Thursday in Soldotna. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Graduates listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman speak during the school’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Expect a lot from yourself and from others’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 21, 2024 2:30 am

    Connections Homeschool students accept diplomas at commencement ceremony

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    School board says farewell to this year’s student leaders
    School board says farewell to this year’s student...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 8, 2024 2:30 am

    Monday was the night of the student at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s school board meeting, where members bade…

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    Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce speaks in support of borough and school district budget collaboration during a borough assembly meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly sets school funding floor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The roughly $56.2 million amount is less than the $58.2 million requested last month but is more than what the borough gave the district last year

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    From front left, Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland listen to families during a community conversation on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Senate committee hears correspondence school allotment bill
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 1, 2024 2:30 am

    A superior court judge ruled earlier this month that the allotments are unconstitutional

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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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    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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    Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Motion to dismiss filed in sexual abuse case...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    The attorney representing a former Soldotna High School teacher and union head filed a motion last Wednesday to dismiss the…

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    Rachel Tussey, election official with the City of Homer, helps a voter with registration on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Finn Heimbold/ Homer News)
    ‘Every vote matters’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 4, 2023 1:30 am

    Voters take to the polls during Tuesday municipal election

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    Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Election 2023: When, where to vote Tuesday
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 28, 2023 2:30 am

    City council, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, the local school board races are all on the ballot

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    Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel speaks a signing ceremony for a project partnership agreement for the Kenai Bluff Stabilization Project at the Kenai Senior Center on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bluff stabilization agreement signed in Kenai
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 28, 2023 2:30 am

    The agreement allows the project to go out to bid and construction to begin

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    Dianne MacRae, Debbie Cary, Beverley Romanin and Kelley Cizek participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate forum at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board candidates wrap up forum series
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 28, 2023 1:30 am

    The forum was the eighth in a series hosted by the Clarion and KDLL ahead of the 2023 elections

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    Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
Brad Snowden and Julie Crites participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum at the Seward Community Library in Seward on Thursday.
    Seward council candidates discuss issues at election forum
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Participating in Thursday’s forum were Julie Crites and Brad Snowden

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    Lyndsey Bertoldo, Penny Vadla and Jason Tauriainen participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board candidates tackle budget deficits, home-schooling, school...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 25, 2023 2:30 am

    The discussion was the first of two forums featuring KPBSD school board candidates

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