Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888

News Release
KPBSD Board of Education seeks applicants

Soldotna, January 15, 2016—KPBSD extended the District 9 (South Peninsula) school board vacancy application deadline until January 20, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. 

A nine member board serves the diverse Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, which spans 25,600 square miles, educates nearly 8,700 students, and has more than forty schools. This vacant school board position requires residency in Assembly District 9, located in the southern Kenai Peninsula. This geographical area includes Kachemak-Selo, Razdolna, Voznesenka, McNeil Canyon Elementary, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English in Seldovia, and Chapman School in Anchor Point, Alaska.

Responsibilities For information on the role and responsibilities of board members, review the Bylaws of the Board on the KPBSD website. http://bit.ly/SchoolBoardBylaws

Qualifications Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, a qualified voter of the State of Alaska and a resident of the Kenai Peninsula and District 9 for 180 days.

Term of Office Appointment will begin February 1, 2016.  Appointee will stand for re-election at the regular election in October 2016.

To Apply Applications are available through the KPBSD website, or at the District office. Application period has been extended from Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 12:00 noon, (AKST) through January 20, 2016, at 5:00 p.m.

Interviews Qualified applicant interviews will be Monday, February 1, 2016, and the selected candidate will be sworn in during the Board of Education meeting February 1, 2016, in the Borough Assembly Chambers.

Questions? Contact Debbie Tressler, 907-714-8836, dtressler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us

Links

• KPBSD Board of Education webpage, http://bit.ly/SchoolBoardKPBSD
• KPBSD meeting dates Board of Education, http://bit.ly/SchoolBoardMeetingDates
• Kenai Peninsula Borough District 9 legal description: Borough Code 22.30.010; Map: District 9

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