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On October 25, a team of Accreditation Peer reviewers from Wyoming Department of Education, Karen Wattenmaker, Stephanie Benboe and Beth Lougee came to the Arvada Clearmont school, SCSD#3, to observe, and give their comments about how the school is doing. They also added their recommendations for im
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Posted by Eric Stone | Jun 24, 2021 The Ketchikan School District seal on display at the superintendent’s office. (KRBD file photo by Leila Kheiry) Ketchikan’s schools may require masks next year if the vaccination rate among teenagers doesn’t improve. That was the message delivered by interim Superintendent Melissa Johnson to Ketchikan’s school board on Wednesday. “One of the statistics that was kind of alarming was that 24% of 12 to 19 year olds are fully vaccinated — for some reason, we thought that number would be a lot bigger. And so it’s hard to do non-masking mandates bec...
The Ketchikan School Board will continue its search for an interim superintendent on Tuesday evening with a special meeting to allow members of the community to weigh in on the selection process. On Wednesday, the board accepted the resignation of Superintendent Beth Lougee, appointing Ketchikan School District Business Manager Katie Parrot as acting superintendent while the board looks for a longer-term interim replacement. The board accepted applications for interim superintendents on Thursday and indicated that it would stop accepting applications the day after the special session. The boa...
School board green-lights $80,000 payment for resigning Ketchikan superintendent, discusses replacement Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 30, 2021 The Ketchikan School District seal on display at the superintendent’s office. (KRBD file photo by Leila Kheiry) Ketchikan’s departing superintendent will receive more than $80,000 for resigning. Ketchikan’s school board ratified the lump sum payment — equal to 130 days of pay and benefits — at its regular meeting Wednesday. The board also approved a budget for next school year and discussed the search for an interim superintendent. The stated pu...