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    Milly Hornung and Halle Blades speak in opposition to a possible closure of Nikiski Middle/High School during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD discusses possible school closures in face of...
    By Jake Dye Peninsula Clarion and Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 4, 2025 1:30 am

    A presentation from borough administration to the board on Tuesday outlined a series of scenarios for closure of up to nine schools.

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    Tim Daugharty speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD launches conversation on $17 million deficit
    By Jacob Dye • January 16, 2025 1:30 am

    The district says overcoming the deficit without heavy cuts would require a substantial increase to the BSA.

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    Aubrie Ellis is named National Outstanding Assistant Principal of 2025 by the Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals at Mountain View Elementary School in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mountain View assistant principal earns national recognition
    By Jacob Dye • January 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Aubrie Ellis named Alaska’s National Outstanding Assistant Principal of 2025.

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    Suzanne Phillips, who formerly was a teacher at Aurora Borealis Charter School, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Aurora Borealis charter renewal clears school board
    By Jacob Dye • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The school is seeking routine renewal of its charter through the 2035-2036 school year

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    Kenaitze Indian Tribe Education Director Kyle McFall speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenaitze charter school proposal given OK by board
    By Jacob Dye • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The application will next be forwarded to the State Department of Education and Early Department

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    Homer junior attends youth leadership conference in Anchorage
    Homer junior attends youth leadership conference in Anchorage
    By Emilie Springer • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    The Alaska Association of School Boards met last week, Nov. 7-10, to host its 71st annual meeting in Anchorage ….

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    Parents and supporters of Aurora Borealis Charter School fill the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Charter Oversight Committee in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Aurora Borealis Charter School renewal application advanced
    By Jacob Dye • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    They will next be heard during a Nov. 4 work session of the school board

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    Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board hears bond update, seeks way forward...
    By Jacob Dye • September 19, 2024 1:30 am

    Central to the conversation was the increased cost of reconstruction of Soldotna Elementary School

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during their work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly gets update on school bond projects
    By Jacob Dye • September 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Voters approved in 2022 a $65.55 million bond package to address a list of 10 critical maintenance projects around the school district

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    Students sit down to read books on the first day of the school year at Tustumena Elementary School in Kasilof, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Right back into the swing’
    By Jacob Dye • August 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Students return to KPBSD schools for 2024-2025 year

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    Homer High School students finish eating lunch outside the school while others make their way back into the building for the next class period on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer High prepares for new school year
    By Emilie Springer • August 15, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2024-2025 school year begins on Aug. 21

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy is pictured with members of the House Majority after signing the fiscal year 2025 budget bills on June 27 in Anchorage. From left to right: Reps. Stanley Wright, Tom McKay, Thomas Baker, Craig Johnson, Kevin McCabe, Julie Coulombe, and Laddie Shaw. (Photo provided by Office of the Governor)
    Dunleavy signs budget with most education funding intact
    By Jacob Dye • June 28, 2024 1:30 am

    Dunleavy cut nearly $12 million that was set to go to school districts, including KPBSD, in outstanding pandemic relief funds

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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, June 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Nikolaevsk, Forest school charters not moving forward
    By Jacob Dye • June 5, 2024 1:30 am

    A pair of proposed charter schools on the southern Kenai Peninsula will not be moving forward. Kenai Peninsula Borough School…

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