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news release: New KPBSD bus routes, times, and practice run

Published on August 16, 2017 By Pegge Erkeneff

News Release KPBSD welcomes Apple Bus Company The first day of school is Tuesday, August 22, 2017*, and Apple Bus Company is in final preparations for the new school year. Find new bus route and pickup and drop-off times Apple Bus Company routes and times are now online and searchable via the Kenai Peninsula Bus […]

Changing school start and end times : community meetings

Published on September 14, 2016 By Pegge Erkeneff

News Release School start and end times will change in southern peninsula schools served by bus transportation Soldotna, September 14, 2016—Changes are coming next year, and in order to inform and gather input, three southern peninsula community meetings will take place in September. Discussion centers around the necessary adjustments to school start and end times, […]

Caution: student safety traveling to and from school

Published on November 12, 2014 By Pegge Erkeneff

Soldotna, November 12, 2014—This morning, November 12, 2014, an elementary age student was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital with what appears to be a non-life-threatening injury, after being struck by a passenger vehicle near K-Beach Road in Soldotna, while walking to a bus stop. Student safety is always the district’s top priority. In response to […]

SB 182: Pupil Transportation Funding

Published on February 23, 2012 By Pegge Erkeneff

February 23, 2012–KPBSD encourages your support of SB 182: Pupil Transportation Funding. We’ve made announcements that public testimony would be taken on Friday morning, at 8:00 am. This afternoon  the LIO office announced  that the scheduled SB 182 public testimony hearing scheduled for Friday, February 24, 2012, at 8:00 AM status has been changed to testimony by […]

When a bus stops…

Published on November 4, 2011 By Pegge Erkeneff

Do you know what to do when a bus is stopping or stopped on a road? Alaska State Law lists eight “Stops Required” for motorists. Number seven is:  School bus — “Stop when red flashing lights are in operation, and stop arm is extended. Drivers meeting and following bus must stop.” Please drive with caution during our […]