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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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    One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Board of Education OKs purchase of land for...
    By Emilie Springer • June 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board voted unanimously at Monday evening’s board meeting to approve the borough purchase agreement for…

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    Zen Kelly, president of the board, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board directs KPBSD to begin restoring cut...
    By Jacob Dye • June 3, 2024 1:30 am

    The board had previously advanced and approved a budget based on “the worst-case scenario” of no additional funding for the state

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    Graduates of Kenai Peninsula College prepare for the 54th Annual Kenai Peninsula College Commencement Ceremony at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Never be afraid to be a new you’
    By Jacob Dye • May 16, 2024 1:30 am

    KPC grads take step toward future in commencement ceremony

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Graduates of Seward High School leave the gym at the end of their graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 15.
    Seward High School graduates 30
    By Jacob Dye • May 16, 2024 1:30 am

    Students were honored Wednesday, May 15, at a ceremony in their school’s gym

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    Homer High School
    Commencement season commences
    By Homer News Staff • May 8, 2024 1:30 am

    Lower Kenai Peninsula schools will host graduation ceremonies May 13-16

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    Homer High School sophomore Sierra Mullikin, center, one of the students who participated in the community walk-in on Wednesday April 24, 2024, holds a sign in front of Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Communities across the state of Alaska held walk-ins in support of legislative funding for public education. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Homer community ‘walks in’ to support education funding
    By Emilie Springer • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The protest called for an increase to the BSA and legislative support for public education

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    Photo provided by Raquel Goldman
Raquel Goldman, Ella Davis, Spencer Co and Leo Dykstra are photographed at the Utqiagvik airport leaving the spring AASG meeting on April 22.
    Homer High School students attend spring state student...
    By Emilie Springer • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The Alaska Association of Student Governments held their spring conference at Barrow High School in Utqiagvik from April 18-21. The…

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Homer High School students and teacher Erin Brege pose with an indigenous dance group in Kuranda, Australia in March 2024. The photo is on display with several others and a series of Australia guide books in the Homer High School Library.
    Homer schools go on tour over 2024 spring...
    By Emilie Springer • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    Students went to Australia, Washington, D.C., and Yellowstone National Park

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    Principal Doug Waclawski addresses incoming 2024 cohort of Homer Mariners at step-up day.  Photo by Emilie Springer
    Homer and Anchor Point students tour their new...
    By Emilie Springer • April 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer middle and high schools hosted a “step-up” day to introduce incoming seventh graders and freshmen ahead of the 2024…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer
Homer High School and Soldotna High School gather for a collaborative jazz band concert on Wednesday April 10 in the Mariner Theatre.
    Homer and Soldotna high schools collaborate in jazz...
    By Emilie Springer • April 17, 2024 1:30 am

    The Soldotna High School and Homer High School jazz bands presented a combined concert to a Homer audience at the…

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