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    Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    School board continues consideration of Nikolaevsk charter school
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 2:30 am

    The board reviewed the initial charter application on Oct. 20 and will hold another work session and a special meeting before issuing their final decision.

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    A map depicts the location of a recent easement acquisition in relation to the Kachemak Selo School Project. Photo courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
    Borough purchases additional K-Selo land for school construction...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 28, 2025 1:30 am

    The 0.3-acre lot will serve as a perpetual easement to accommodate school-related activities.

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    A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Opinion: Schools and strength in challenging times
    By Tom Klaameyer • July 31, 2025 2:30 am

    Public schools have existed in America for hundreds of years. As our country has grown, so too has the demand…

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    Children are photographed outside their now shuttered school, Pearl Creek Elementary, in August 2024 in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Photo provided by Morgan Dulian)
    Opinion: Reform doesn’t start with cuts
    By Bobby Burgess and Morgan Dulian • July 17, 2025 2:30 am

    Legislators must hold the line for Alaska’s students

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    Students stand during a protest against the possible closure of Sterling Elementary School along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Sterling Elementary no longer set to close this...
    By Jacob Dye • June 26, 2025 1:30 am

    It could be closed next year.

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    Swimmers and parents protest the proposed closure of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pools outside of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building in Soldotna on Thursday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Pool funding OK’d as district looks to hand...
    By Jacob Dye • June 26, 2025 1:30 am

    School pools have repeatedly been raised as a possible option for closure and then saved at the last minute.

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Pool manager and swim coach Will Hubler leads a treading water exercise at Kenai Central High School on Tuesday.
    Pools, theaters, libraries in jeopardy as cuts loom
    By Jacob Dye • June 17, 2025 1:30 am

    The district issued “notices of non-retention” to all its pool managers, library aides and theater technicians.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the KPBSD Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD issues notice of non-retention to pool managers,...
    By Jacob Dye • June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Those notices were issued due to the ongoing uncertainty in state education funding.

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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)
    KPBSD facing ‘paralyzing’ financial uncertainty
    By Jacob Dye • June 4, 2025 5:30 pm

    The district is waiting both to see how the governor will exercise his veto rights and for the borough to finalize its contribution.

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    Leif Jaworski speaks during a graduation ceremony for Connections Homeschool in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Real, meaningful and ‘ours’
    By Jacob Dye • May 26, 2025 1:30 am

    Connections Homeschool students graduate after unconventional, unique school careers.

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    Kenai Alternative High School graduates stand with their diplomas at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony in the school’s gym in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Alternative High School graduates 10
    By Jacob Dye • May 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Principal John Galahan presented each of his 10 graduates with their own awards.

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    Graduates of Soldotna High School celebrate after receiving their diplomas on the school’s football field in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Go do cool stuff’
    By Jacob Dye • May 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Soldotna High School graduates told to chase futures that will make them happy.

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    Graduate Paxton McKnight speaks during the graduation ceremony at Cook Inlet Academy near Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Beginning a new season of their lives
    By Jacob Dye • May 21, 2025 1:30 am

    Cook Inlet Academy graduates seven.

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