Linnaea Gossard became the Cooper Landing School’s first high school graduate Monday night, almost a decade after the K-12 school opened to high schoolers.
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Kenai Borough mayor attacks school district’s mask policy
With five weeks remaining before summer break, the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor is publicly challenging the school district on its COVID-19 mitigation protocols. Mayor Charlie Pierce has long been an advocate of keeping mask-wearing a personal choice and opening the peninsula to business as usual amid coronavirus-induced closures. He turned his focus to the school…
Rising COVID-19 cases temporarily shut down Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su schools
Both the Mat-Su and Kenai regions are among the areas in Alaska under the state’s “red alert” level based on their rates of coronavirus cases.
Bill aims to make health care coverage for school districts cheaper
A House bill would allow employees from municipalities, school districts and the University of Alaska to opt into the state’s health care program. But not everyone is jumping on board with the idea.
To stay or to go? Anchor Point parents and teachers grapple with potential school closure.
Students, parents and faculty on the Kenai Peninsula are coming to grips with this reality: that state cuts to education may force school closures.
Legislator apologizes after criticizing letters from high school students
Homer Rep. Sarah Vance took to social media to criticize local high schoolers who had written her office over proposed education cuts. She has since apologized and taken down the video on her Facebook page.
Schools push back on proposed midyear budget cut
While school districts may have already spent money they counted on the state sending them later, the state’s new budget director says they shouldn’t have.
Kenai Peninsula schools could soon form esports teams
ASAA Executive Director Billy Strickland said there are club-level esports teams currently in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Dillingham that could help start a statewide video game league.
Schools’ need for technology outpacing funding for faster internet
Alaska has a program that helps schools around the state pay for internet. However, the need for faster internet is outgrowing the program, and the divide is even wider for rural schools.
Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association, school district named in abuse suit
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association are facing charges related to sexual abuse committed by a former hockey coach.