Multiple members of the board said they were frustrated by the state’s failure to fund education.
The two awards are based on comprehensive reviews of the district’s budget and financial reporting.
The new budget designed by the committee will be considered at a public hearing during the full board meeting on Monday evening.
School pools have repeatedly been raised as a possible option for closure and then saved at the last minute.
It could be closed next 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.
Those notices were issued due to the ongoing uncertainty in state education funding.
The school serves a primarily Russian Old Believer community located about 19 miles outside of Homer.
The district is waiting both to see how the governor will exercise his veto rights and for the borough to finalize its contribution.
Homer High School graduates 69.
The school serves students in seventh through 12th grade and has an enrollment of about 80
Funding for improvements to the Homer High School entrance comes out of the 2022 bond package.
The assembly said it will not determine the actual contribution amount until later in its annual budget process.
Closure of the school is described in a budget scenario the district advanced last month.
There are 21 students enrolled at the school.
Our education funding is falling short by exuberant amounts.
The preliminary budget assumes a $680 increase in per-student funding from the state.
The governor last week said he vetoed House Bill 69 because it didn’t include any policy changes and because of the state’s “deteriorated” revenue outlook.
Twelve finalists were chosen in this year’s competition.
