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Board of Education Legislative Packet

Published on February 13, 2022 By Pegge Erkeneff

Legislative Flyin Packet AASB: February 12-15, 2022 Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) Legislative & Leadership Fly-In & Youth Advocacy Institute, February 12-14, 2022 in Juneau, Alaska AASB Event DOWNLOAD PDFsKPBSD Board of Education packet for legislators* Contents: KPBSD Fast Facts Celebrate Student and Educator Success Human Resources: Recruit and Retain Literacy and PreK in […]

Community FY23 Budget Development Meeting

Published on October 4, 2021 By Pegge Erkeneff

Find all finance documents at go.kpbsd.org/finance The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District requests input from staff, parents, students, and community members at a Districtwide FY23 Budget Development meeting. All meetings begin at 6:00 PM. Central Peninsula CommunityThursday, October 7, 2021, 6:00 p.m., Soldotna High Library* Homer CommunityTuesday, October 19, 2021, 6:00 p.m., Homer High Library […]

FY21 Education Funding and Budget Timeline

Published on January 10, 2020 By Pegge Erkeneff

This budget timeline calendar combines important dates for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education, the Borough Assembly, and State of Alaska legislature and Office of the Governor. It will be updated when additional dates are available. Current version: 1.10.20 PDF version: Education Funding Calendar for FY21 (2020-2021) school year Tweet This Post

Open invitation to the Kenai Peninsula, 11.12.19 school district budget meeting

Published on November 5, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Kenai Peninsula school district budget meeting at 20 schools is Tuesday, November 12, 2019 At 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, KPBSD school principals and district leadership will meet with families, staff, school site councils, and the public after a live video-streamed presentation from the district to 20 school sites. This budget meeting is […]

Seward area schools: community meeting and survey

Published on April 10, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Seward High School Principal, Trevan Walker, Seward Middle School Principal, Jenny Martin, William H. Seward Elementary School Principal, Alan Haskins, district administration, and the school board request your thoughts and input about potentially consolidating Seward Middle School (6-8) into Seward High School (9-12), and William H. Seward Elementary (6th). No decisions have been made, and […]

Homer High and Homer Middle schools: community meeting and survey

Published on April 10, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Homer High School Principal Doug Waclawski, Homer Middle School Principal Kari Dendurent, district administration, and the school board request your thoughts and input about potentially consolidating Homer Middle School and Homer High School. No decisions have been made, and your thoughts are valuable. Exploring the difficult concept of school consolidations or closures is a challenging […]

Soldotna School Consolidation: survey and meeting

Published on April 4, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Soldotna High School Principal Graham, Soldotna Prep Principal Schmidt, district administration, and the school board request your thoughts and input about consolidating Soldotna Prep School (9th grade) and Soldotna High School (10th-12th grade) beginning with the school year beginning August 20, 2019. Current reality Enrollment is declining at Soldotna Prep and Soldotna High School, so […]

Your voice is essential: state lawmakers want to know where you stand

Published on March 22, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

News Release: Your Voice is Needed Community schools, sports and activities, and effective class sizes are critical to continue successful outcomes for K-12 schools on the Kenai Peninsula. In February, the Governor proposed a budget substitute for the 2019-2020 school year that will result in a cut of $22.4 million from KPBSD schools.  However, the […]

Contact your Kenai Peninsula State Legislators

Published on March 10, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Six state legislators represent Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools Senator Peter Micciche, Peter.Micciche@akleg.gov Senator Gary Stevens, Gary.Stevens@akleg.gov Representative Ben Carpenter, Ben.Carpenter@akleg.gov Representative Gary Knopp, Gary.Knopp@akleg.gov Representative Louise Stutes, Louise.Stutes@akleg.gov Representative Sarah Vance, Sarah.Vance@akleg.gov PDF Flyer to print: Kenai Peninsula legislators Links Informational flyer: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District $22.4 million in cuts to KPBSD options identified by administrators and school board Informational […]

Ramifications of Governor Dunleavy’s proposed FY20 Budget

Published on March 8, 2019 By Pegge Erkeneff

Several community budget meetings took place in February, and the Board of Education met for two days this week to take a sobering look at what the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District would have to cut to begin to meet the Governor’s proposed FY20 reduction to state funding. The Governor Michael J. Dunleavy 2019-2020 State Budget proposed drastic […]