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The vote caps a year-and-a-half of work between the district and unions’ bargaining teams that was punctuated by multi-million school district budget shortfalls, a rejected healthcare proposal and an impasse over salaries.

Seward Middle School was one of four schools Kenai Peninsula school board members voted to close earlier this year to save money.

The contracts are subject to approval by union members and the school board.

Holland says the policies are informed in part by school districts around the country, and by input from about a dozen district principals and administrators.

An ordinance going before the assembly Tuesday would ask voters whether to cap school board terms at two consecutive full terms – the same limit put on assembly members and the borough mayor.

Dr. Karen Davis O’Hara most recently served as executive dean of a Sierra College campus in California.

Monday’s vote came on the heels of public meetings the borough held in Sterling, Seward and Kasilof to ask the communities what they want to see happen with the buildings.

The proposed policies were crafted by members of an AI-specific committee established by the district last year and come on the heels of guidelines from the state.

Tustumena is one of four schools closed by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education earlier this year to save money.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland.