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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Girl Scout Troop 210, which includes Caitlyn Eskelin, Emma Hindman, Kadie Newkirk and Lyberty Stockman, present their "Bucket Trees" to a panel of judges in the 34th Annual Caring for the Kenai Competition at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Caring for the Kenai announces 12 finalists
By Delcenia Cosman • March 10, 2025 1:30 am

The final presentations will take place on April 17 in Kenai.

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Rachel Lord, mayor of Homer, speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer on Monday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Nikolaevsk, others speak to KPBSD about school closures,...
By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

Public testimony stretched for over two hours in the Homer High School auditorium.

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Virginia Morgan speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
School budget scenarios would cut staffing, programs
By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

Even at the highest level of funding, the drafts describe significant cuts.

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Penny Vadla and Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent listen to a presentation on proposed school closures during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
School board strikes 6 schools from closure consideration
By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

The board will continue to consider closing Nikolaevsk School, Sterling and Tustumena.

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Soldotna High School student Ethan Anding asks a question during a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget development meeting at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
District discusses $17M deficit at community meeting
By Jacob Dye • February 27, 2025 1:30 am

More than 100 people gathered in the KCHS auditorium.

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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 to tackle budget, school closures at Monday...
By Jacob Dye • February 26, 2025 1:30 am

The district is facing a $17 million deficit.

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Cook Inlet Academy’s Serenity Plate holds the ball in front of Nanwalek’s Alyson Seville on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Cook Inlet Academy just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Saturday hoops roundup: Nanwalek boys shock Cook Inlet...
By Jeff Helminiak • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and Nanwalek boys notched Peninsula Conference victories Saturday at senior night at Cook Inlet Academy.

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Jackson Hooper, Oshie Broussard, Belle Morris and Kincaid Jenness perform “Shakespeare Abridged” during the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Drama, Debate and Forensics Invitational at Soldotna High School on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
‘Theater for theater kids who want to take...
By Jacob Dye • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

Peninsula students compete at Soldotna DDF invitational.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes takes questions during the Homer budget development meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Mariner Theatre at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
‘The fight has to be with Juneau’: Homer...
By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 19, 2025 1:30 am

The community gathered Tuesday for budget conversation after announcement of potential school closures.

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Homer High School DDF students Kayla Kalafut and Raiden Skorski-O’Donnell perform their duet acting piece in November at South High School in Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of the Homer High School DDF program)
‘Random Acts’ will celebrate 21 years of Drama,...
By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 13, 2025 8:00 am

The fundraiser helps the local DDF team pay their way to state.

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The third and fourth grade Battle of the Books team from Aurora Borealis Charter School, who won the district competition in February, stand for a photo. (Provided by Districtwide Librarian Julie Gottfried)
District Battle of the Books teams ready for...
By Jacob Dye • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

Battle of the Books is an annual celebration of reading and teamwork.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla and student representative Emerson Kapp speak to the joint Alaska House and Senate education committees in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
KPBSD representatives press for funding during in-person testimony...
By Jacob Dye • February 12, 2025 12:30 pm

Districts spotlighted programs already lost over years of stagnant funding that hasn’t met inflationary pressure.

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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 file)
Borough awards contract for K-Selo school design
By Delcenia Cosman • February 10, 2025 1:30 am

It has been approximately nine years since the State of Alaska gave money to the borough to replace the school.

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