School District Risk Levels
The southern, central and eastern regions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District all remain in the high-risk zone in terms of community spread of COVID-19.
Regions of the peninsula are put into low, moderate, substantial or high-risk categories based on the number of new cases of COVID-19 identified over a seven-day period. This model is based on rates of cases per 100,000 of population.
All students are currently able to attend on-site education five days a week in district schools. Any closures will be on a school, classroom or cohort level.
As of Wednesday, the southern peninsula (from Ninilchik south) remains in the high-risk category with 60 new cases in the last seven days. The southern peninsula is in low risk if it has had zero to nine new cases in the last 14 days, is in moderate risk if there have been 10 to 49 new cases in the last 14 days, is in substantial risk if there have been 50 to 99 cases in the last 14 days, and is in high risk if there were 100 or more new cases in the last 14 days.
The central peninsula, including Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna, Sterling and Kasilof, is at high risk with 176 new cases over the last seven days.
The eastern peninsula is at high risk with 28 new cases identified over the last week.
Schools operating with universal indoor masking for staff and students include Fireweed Academy, River City Academy and Tebughna School.
In the past seven days, Chapman School had one positive COVID-19 case, Homer High School reported one case, Homer Middle School had two cases, McNeil Canyon Elementary had one case, Paul Banks reported one case and West Homer Elementary had one case.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s COVID-19 dashboard reports a seven-day summary of 10 staff positives, four staff close contacts, 42 student positives and 46 student close contacts.
Homer Flex School
Feb. 25: Early Release
March 4: Inservice, no school
March 7-11: Spring Break
March 25: End of rotation
Homer High School
Feb. 24: Mariners on the Move Awards
Feb. 25: Early Release
March 1: Site Council Meeting in the library at 4:10 p.m.
March 4: Inservice, no school
March 7-11: Spring Break
Fireweed Academy
Feb. 25: Early Release
March 4: Inservice, no school
March 7-11: Spring Break
March 4: Inservice, no school
March 7-11: Spring Break
McNeil Canyon Elementary
Feb. 25: Early Release
West Homer Elementary
Feb. 25: Early Release
March 4: Inservice, no school
March 7-11: Spring Break
