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Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 7, 2021 The Sitka School Board unanimously adopted the recommendations on this list. (SSD image) The Sitka School Board approved almost $900,000 in CARES Act relief spending when it met last Wednesday (5-5-21), on everything from additional staff to copy machines. The board’s only hesitation came from knowing that the money was not yet in the bank. The first pulse of CARES Act relief came into the Sitka District around this time last year, and was spent on supplies and equipment needed to keep the schools functioning as they transitioned to remote learni...

Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 26, 2021 Out of the budget for 2021-2022: Funding for Community Schools. The School Board reallocated the Community Schools reserve account to fund the Blatchley swimming pool next year. Blatchley will still see a “cut back” version of Community Schools, with buildings (mainly Blatchley) opened and closed by district staff. (KCAW file photo) The Sitka School Board has passed a budget for schools next year, balanced by dipping deeper into savings than usual. The decision to tap savings was recommended by Sitka’s interim superintendent last Wednesday (...

2020: The year we came together, living distantly Posted by Katherine Rose and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 31, 2020 Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price stands alongside photos of Jessica Baggen taken at her 17th birthday party in 1996. Baggen was murdered later that same evening as she walked home on the Sawmill Creek Road bicycle path. It wasn’t until August, 2020, that “genetic geneaology” was used to identify a suspect living in Arkansas. (DPS image) In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was like the pavement that all other stories rolled on- everything from school c...