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A Tustumena Elementary School student advocates for his school before the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education during their regular meeting on Monday, March 2, 2026, in Soldotna, Alaska. Screenshot.

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School board weighs budget reduction options

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education will review the budget again in April with the…

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School board approves Aurora Borealis charter amendment

Aurora Borealis Charter School will begin accepting high school students in the next academic year.

The cast of the Kenai Central High School Drama Department’s production of “The Addams Family” is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. The play will debut on Feb. 20 with additional showtimes into March. Photo courtesy of Travis Lawson/Kenai Central High School

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‘The Addams Family’ comes to Kenai

The play will debut at Kenai Central High School next Friday.

Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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State school board approves Nikolaevsk charter

The Alaska State Board of Education held a special meeting on Jan. 22.

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River City Academy teacher Donica Nash is pictured during her history class on Jan. 26.

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Civic nonprofit names River City Academy teacher for award

Soldotna’s Donica Nash will use the award money to fund a field trip to Juneau.

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Board of education considers school consolidations

Paul Banks Elementary in Homer and Seward Middle School are currently under consideration for closure in the next…

Snow covers a branch hanging over Watergate Way in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: District-wide schools and activities closure in effect Friday through Saturday, Jan. 16-17

All Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools and Kenai Peninsula College campuses are closed due to rain and…

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District superintendent dispels rumors about student construction

Superintendent Clayton Holland said student involvement in Seward High School construction is “based on rumor, not fact.”

The cast of Nikiski Middle School’s upcoming performance of “Alice in Wonderland” is pictured on Dec. 2, 2025. The upperclassmen-directed play opens on Friday, with additional showtimes Saturday and next weekend. Photo courtesy of Carla Jenness

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Nikiski Middle School debuts student-led “Alice in Wonderland”

The show opens on Friday, with additional showtimes this weekend and next.

Goldenview Middle School student Luciana Liu's winning poster entry for the 2024 Alaska Radon Poster Contest. Photo provided by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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Students invited to compete in statewide radon poster contest

The deadline to submit poster entries is Dec. 19.

Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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School board continues consideration of Nikolaevsk charter school

The board reviewed the initial charter application on Oct. 20 and will hold another work session and a…

Pool manager and swim coach Will Hubler leads a treading water exercise at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Swimmers, parents call on Kenai to support Kenai Central pool

The KPBSD Board of Education last week said communities will need to step up and take over administration…

Students stand during a protest against the possible closure of Sterling Elementary School along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sterling Elementary no longer set to close this year

It could be closed next year.

Swimmers and parents protest the proposed closure of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pools outside of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pool funding OK’d as district looks to hand off facilities to communities

School pools have repeatedly been raised as a possible option for closure and then saved at the last…

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Pool manager and swim coach Will Hubler leads a treading water exercise at Kenai Central High School on Tuesday.

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Pools, theaters, libraries in jeopardy as cuts loom

The district issued “notices of non-retention” to all its pool managers, library aides and theater technicians.

Mountain View Elementary School is photographed on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mountain View vandalized by children, police say

Staff who arrived at the school on Monday found significant damage, according to police.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the KPBSD Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD issues notice of non-retention to pool managers, theater techs and library aides

Those notices were issued due to the ongoing uncertainty in state education funding.

Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD facing ‘paralyzing’ financial uncertainty

The district is waiting both to see how the governor will exercise his veto rights and for the…

Leif Jaworski speaks during a graduation ceremony for Connections Homeschool in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Real, meaningful and ‘ours’

Connections Homeschool students graduate after unconventional, unique school careers.

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Voznesenka School graduates 4

A commencement ceremony was held at Land’s End on Monday.