Kaylee King doesn’t have internet. She’s limited to calling teachers by phone and asking questions. The former excellent student is working hard just to keep up.
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4 girls now allege Bethel school principal abused them
Four girls are suing the Lower Kuskokwim School District, alleging that it didn’t properly follow up on multiple complaints of sexual misconduct by a former Bethel elementary school principal.
FBI Child Exploitation Task Force arrests Bethel school principal
Federal law enforcement officials say charges will soon be filed against Bethel Principal Chris Carmichael.
School district meets deadline to move fuel away from eroding Kuskokwim riverbank
The Coast Guard had given the Lower Kuskokwim School District two weeks to move the fuel away from the riverbank when the erosion reached 76 feet from the nearest fuel tank.
Coast Guard gives school district until Aug. 30 to remove fuel from tanks threatened by Kuskokwim River erosion
The Lower Kuskokwim School District’s tanks hold about 36,000 gallons of fuel and are sitting less than 100 feet from the eroding Kuskokwim River bank.
With fall storm season looming, a struggle to keep one village school’s fuel tanks from falling into the Kuskokwim River
The Lower Kuskokwim School District is developing a plan to avert environmental disaster
In rural Alaska, school districts deal with a legacy of unaddressed contamination
Typically, when a contaminated site is discovered it’s up to the landowner — or the person responsible for making the mess — to clean it up. But there are dozens of sites where this process has broken down.
Donlin Gold looks to schools, workforce development for future employees
Donlin Gold promised to hire local workers for its proposed gold mine. To fulfill that promise, the company knows that it has to start now. And it has to start young.
Dunleavy’s win leaves a lot of uncertainty for rural education
A former rural educator is about to become Alaska’s next governor. How the Dunleavy administration addresses public education policy is a big question looming over rural schools across the state.
In Goodnews Bay, the Pledge of Allegiance is a way to speak Yup’ik in school
In lieu of a Yup’ik teacher on staff, students at a Southwest Alaska school have started reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Yup’ik.