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An $832,000 grant from the Afognak Native Corp. will help pay for a number of Kodiak Island Borough School District purchases, following the Board of Education’s action Monday night.

Student transportation became a topic of discussion at Monday’s Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education meeting as school board members received a budget update.

Each Kodiak High School counselor is seeing 100 students a week, on average, and 36% of students are currently failing one or more classes, according to Director of Special Services

The Kodiak Island Borough School District received reports Monday from the Kodiak Public Health Center that the district would be vaccinating students without parents’ consent, something Superintendent Larry LeDoux said

Deferred maintenance and a list millions of dollars long prompted a joint work session between the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education Thursday

The Kodiak Island Borough School District board of education swore in its newest member at a special meeting Monday night, filling a vacancy left by departing member Kelly Bell.

One result of the coronavirus pandemic was that enrollment in the Kodiak Island Borough School District’s AKTeach homeschool program more than doubled. In 2019-2020, there were 105 students in the K-12 program. The 2020-2021 school year saw that number shoot up to 274 students. The number of students in the program is expected to drop for the 2021-2022 school year, but remain well above pre-pandemic numbers. According to the program’s coordinator, Lisa Cavan, more than half of the fam...

Print article JUNEAU — Republican officials in at least five Alaska state House districts have approved resolutions censuring U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and many of those officials said they believe the state party also will consider a resolution denouncing her. The resolutions are at least partially motivated by Murkowski’s support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, but several sponsors expressed wider discontent with the senator. The districts’ actions set up a collision c...