Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Overdose-reducing drug could come to schools

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has the opportunity to obtain Narcan, a brand of the drug naloxone which temporarily blocks or reverses the effects… Continue reading

Students dismissed 90 minutes early on Wednesday

Students will be heading home 90 minutes earlier on Wednesday. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will release all students early in order to allow… Continue reading

First-year PEAKS results show peninsula students ahead of state

The first year’s results of the state’s new standardized public school assessments show that students in general aren’t doing as well as they could, but… Continue reading

New school bus system faces hiccups on first week

Reading social media last week after the start of the Kenai Peninsula Borough school year, a reader might have thought kids got transported to school… Continue reading

Colleen Puch wishes the students on her bus good luck on their first day of school at Nikiski North Star Elementary School, marking the start of her forty fourth year as a school bus driver Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 in Nikiski, Alaska. She chose to drive for one more year so she could drive her great-grandson to school, after having driven her children and grandchildren. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Year begins in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Along the stretch of South Miller Loop Road to Nikiski North Star Elementary, students, with their families watching, patiently awaited the school bus that would… Continue reading

Colleen Puch wishes the students on her bus good luck on their first day of school at Nikiski North Star Elementary School, marking the start of her forty fourth year as a school bus driver Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 in Nikiski, Alaska. She chose to drive for one more year so she could drive her great-grandson to school, after having driven her children and grandchildren. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Four seats on the school board ballot in October

Some Kenai Peninsula Borough School District students will be braving the halls of high school for the first time this year, or greeting a new… Continue reading

New school bus routes finalized, practice run Monday

To avoid any first day of school jitters, the Apple Bus Company will hold a practice run of the new bus routes on Monday in… Continue reading

Voters cast their ballots at the Kasilof Fire Station on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Step on up, take a seat

With 42 elected offices opening up this fall, Kenai Peninsula residents will have ample opportunity to get involved in local governments. On October 3, voters… Continue reading

Voters cast their ballots at the Kasilof Fire Station on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Assault charges dropped against Tim Navarre

Assault charges against Tim Navarre, a member of the Kenai City Council and of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education, were dropped last week… Continue reading

New evaluation system for district principals

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education approved a new building administrator evaluation system and handbook which, pending approval from the Alaska Department… Continue reading

District hires 12 teachers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with hiring 12 of 30 open positions for the 2017-2018 school year after the Kenai Borough… Continue reading

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.

River City grads reminisce

Each of the 10 River City Academy graduates present in the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex for the school’s Wednesday graduation ceremony gave a short speech… Continue reading

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.

Borough wrestles with school funding, taxes

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is facing the same budget conundrum as the state, just on a smaller scale: residents want to maintain services but raising… Continue reading

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)

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 with a graduation ceremony for their work… Continue reading

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)

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 step in the direction the district had… Continue reading

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)

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 School District will begin its 10-year contract… Continue reading

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)

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 an increase in lunch prices and by… Continue reading

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)

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 held a “walk-in” rally on Tuesday morning… Continue reading

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)