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School board set to finalize $80,624 payout to departing Ketchikan superintendent Wednesday Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 27, 2021 Ketchikan’s school board meets in closed session in the Ketchikan High School library in March. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan’s school board is set to finalize the terms of its embattled superintendent’s departure on Wednesday. Outgoing superintendent Beth Lougee is set to receive more than $80,000 for stepping down nearly a year early. Superintendent Beth Lougee’s contract doesn’t expire until February 2022. But earlier this month, Ketchikan’s school board...

Ketchikan’s outgoing superintendent, Beth Lougee. (Photo courtesy Beth Lougee) Last summer as schools grasped out to reopen amid the pandemic, Ketchikan’s school board overruled her reopening advice after several tense town halls and hours of testimony. It eventually forced the district to resume full in-person instruction in September. Later that winter she was roundly criticized by tribal members and parents in the district who said she’d given short shrift to Alaska Native education. Then there was personal tragedy: she and her husband both contracted COVID-19 in over the winter. Her...

The Ketchikan School Board exited an executive session on Wednesday night without taking action, but Board President Kim Hodne said “direction was given” to the Ketchikan School District’s legal counsel, Glenn Brown. The board did not provide additional details about the nature of the direction. Wednesday’s special session was called for the board to discuss a legal matter with Brown, who is the attorney for both the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and for the district. No members of the public provided comment at the start of the special session on Monday. Superintendent Beth L...

Posted by Eric Stone | Mar 31, 2021 Ketchikan’s school board meets in closed session in the Ketchikan High School library Tuesday night. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan’s school board has completed its first regular evaluation of the school district’s chief administrator, who is facing accusations of racism from Ketchikan’s tribal leaders and some parents. But the school board won’t reveal the outcome of their review of Superintendent Beth Lougee’s performance as the top education official. And that’s left some wondering whether their concerns have been addressed.   Ketchikan’s f...

Posted by Eric Stone | Jan 12, 2021 The Ketchikan School District seal on display at the superintendent’s office. (KRBD file photo by Leila Kheiry) Ketchikan’s superintendent of schools is on temporary leave following a personal tragedy. Her husband — a school superintendent in western Alaska — recently passed away following complications from COVID-19.   Ketchikan’s Superintendent Beth Lougee is taking time off. That’s following the sudden death of her husband on Sunday. David Lougee was the superintendent of Kashunamiut School District in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta community of ...