Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Voters rejected a 2018 bond that would have funded the construction of a new school to replace the aging and run-down one in the south peninsula community. Instead of including K-Selo in the most recent bond, the borough is putting up the money itself.

The charging document details a lengthy investigation that was put on hold when the lead investigator himself was arrested on child sexual abuse charges.

In response to concerns about culture, transportation and enrollment, among others, parents of the small Kenai Peninsula community say they’d like to see a charter school up and running next fall. But the district says they're too late.

Seward artist J Leslie is the artist-in-residence at Mountain View Elementary this week.

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will weigh in on two bonds this October, for upgrades to over dozen schools and for a new emergency services building. Soldotna voters will also vote on a bond to finance a field house next to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Some route changes mean buses are no longer traveling down certain residential streets, while others mean changes in pick-up times for students. The district hopes to restore its routes soon.

When schools in Alaska drop below 10 students, they lose full state funding and can be shut down. Today, the peninsula's smallest schools are in the clear — but it hasn't always been that way.

At the Moose Pass School, every student gets involved in everything. That's true for robotics, an activity that volunteer Wendy Bryden brought to the school almost a decade ago.

The USDA's two year universal free meal program ended this summer, resulting in confusion among parents, students and staff. At one school, 60 students showed up on the first day without food or a way to pay for it. District officials are reminding parents that free and reduced-fee lunches are still available to families with certain income restraints.

Cindy McKibben is the new principal at the small schools in the unincorporated communities of Hope and Cooper Landing.