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After a successful vote of the Alaska Legislature reversed Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $50 million education funding on Saturday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School… Continue reading
The vacated Redoubt Elementary facility would house Soldotna Montessori Charter School and River City Academy.
This year, the district closed Nikolaevsk School and very nearly closed Sterling Elementary School.
The increase in funding from Saturday’s veto override will represent a roughly $3 million increase to the KPBSD.
If we do not act during this special session, the vetoes will become permanent
We must stand in defense of the institution of public schools.
The missing funds could have led to further cuts to programming and staff on top of deep cuts made by the KPBSD Board of Education this year.
Legislators must hold the line for Alaska’s students
We owe our children more than what the system is currently offering
Multiple members of the board said they were frustrated by the state’s failure to fund education.
The new budget designed by the committee will be considered at a public hearing during the full board meeting on Monday evening.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will receive less money from the state this year than it did last year.
The district issued “notices of non-retention” to all its pool managers, library aides and theater technicians.
Per-student funding was increased by $700 in an education bill passed by the Alaska Legislature in May.
Isn’t it worth spending the money to provide a quality education for each student that enters our schools?
The school serves a primarily Russian Old Believer community located about 19 miles outside of Homer.
