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District hires 12 teachers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with hiring 12 of 30 open positions for the…

Flanked by his past portraits, River City Academy graduate Morgan Shepherd speaks to his eleven peers in River City’s class of 2017 during the school’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. All the graduates gave speeches at the ceremony, introduced by principal Dawn Edwards-Smith, who compared each one to a literary or cinematic hero.

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River City grads reminisce

Each of the 10 River City Academy graduates present in the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex for the school’s…

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Borough wrestles with school funding, taxes

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is facing the same budget conundrum as the state, just on a smaller scale:…

Nikiski High School student Justin Mason, with diploma, poses for a photo at his graduation from Project SEARCH flanked by (left from right) Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones, Board of Education member Penny Vadla, Superintendent Sean Dusek and Pupil Services Director Clayton Holland, Monday, May 16, 2017 at Central Peninsula Hospital. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Project SEARCH awards five diplomas to graduates

On Monday night, a group of five interns from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were celebrated…

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District holds back after borough funding announced

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one step closer to having a certain budget, but not a…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members took a ride on one of the district’s new buses from Seward High School to Seward Middle School on Monday, May 1, 2017 in Seward, Alaska. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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District’s new buses begin to arrive

The first wave of Apple Bus Company buses have arrived on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Peninsula Borough…

Callie Giordano, a teacher at Mountain View Elementary, participated in a rally on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the corner of Swires Road and the Kenai Spur Highway to support fully funding education. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mountain View Teachers gather to support status-quo funding

In lieu of a walk out, a group of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and their supporters…

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District could see lunch price increase next year

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District wants to decrease the cost of student nutritional services next year through…