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Proposed school closures come as the district works to balance a roughly $16.9 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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The move is the latest effort to advance work on a $65.5 million school maintenance bond approved by Kenai Peninsula voters more than two years ago.
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A Soldotna High School administrator was recently recognized with the Alaska Assistant Principal of the Year Award. Tabitha Blades stood out among her competition because she helped bring career and technical education to her school, partnered with local businesses to prepare students for the workforce, and formed a student support group.
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The data covers the first school year in which the district’s new literacy curriculum was used for elementary school students.
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Oct. 1 is the deadline for the three groups to get their full charter applications into the school district.
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On this week’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Superintendent Clayton Holland.
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Advocates say it will help more Alaska students qualify for and use the program, which gives money to Alaska’s high performing students to use at in-state universities.
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The vote came two days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget, which included more than $11.4 million in extra, one-time money for the district.
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The summer programming is a mandate of the Alaska Reads Act.
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About 32% of students statewide, and about 37% Kenai Peninsula students, are considered proficient in English and math by this year's AK STAR assessments. But administrators say the data won't be helpful for setting educational targets until next year, when schools have two years of baseline testing data.